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Lockdown Lodge to return
A POP-UP restaurant, bar and café is returning to Henley for its third year. The Lockdown Lodge will be open near Hambleden lock on July 22 and trade until August 15. The business opened for the first time in summer 2020 and returned last year. It was created by Minna...
Proctor & Matthews’ shipping-container heritage centre gets go-ahead
Proctor & Matthews Architects has won planning permission for a heritage centre made out of shipping containers at the 10,000-home new town of Northstowe, which is under construction in Cambridgeshire The 106m2 building will showcase artefacts discovered during...
Fargate shipping containers: budget increase as attraction approaches opening day in Sheffield
Sheffield Council has increased its spending on a new attraction made out of shipping containers on Fargate. Work is currently taking place on the hub of shipping containers outside the Town Hall in the city centre ahead of opening day. When completed it will feature...
Home sweet home, made from shipping containers
For Zack and Brie Smithey, the smell of old tires will be forever associated with home. "It reminds me of the beginning stages of the construction here," he said, in the couple's dream home in St. Charles, Missouri. (Note: The house does not smell like tires.) In...
Vibrant Modular Micro-Dwelling Made With Shipping Containers
Estudio Lapinha by Plano Livre interior Henrique Queiroga As the architects explain, they aimed for a cost-effective, yet aesthetically pleasing design overall: "The construction process guided the project. Two container modules were attached laterally, their...
Tung Jai Ork Baab stacks shipping containers to create holiday home in Thailand
A cluster of shipping containers sheltered by a steep metal roof defines a series of indoor and outdoor spaces at this home in Thailand, designed by architecture studio Tung Jai Ork Baab. The Container Cabin is part of a wider project by the studio called OOST...
East Lothian business transforms shipping containers into amazing spaces
Quick containers have created some extremely unique spaces for multiple uses throughout the pandemic and the business is looking to grow even further as they move into future. A business in East Lothian is taking the modern mantra of reduce, reuse, recycle to the next...
THIS TINY HOME IS BUILT FROM THREE SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR A SCALED-DOWN LIFESTYLE
This tiny home in Wattle Bank, Australia is formed by three 20′ shipping containers and inspired by the recent trend to downsize our lifestyles. While downsizing our lifestyle requires letting go of many luxury comforts, it also makes room for simpler life pleasures....
Pictures reveal how new hub made out of shipping containers with huge outdoor screen at Sheffield’s Fargate will look
Sheffield Council and Steel Yard have teamed up on plans to create a new attraction in the city centre with cafes, shops and a large screen to showcase local talent. The plans for the installation, which will cost in the region of £300,000, were revealed this week and...
DIY TV shows are fuelling ‘detrimental’ Ipswich shipping container home extensions
Home improvement TV shows are increasingly inspiring budding grand designers to use shipping containers to extend their properties in Ipswich. Ipswich Borough Council has warned of the "detrimental impact" this is having on the local area with notable cases in the...
Demountable stadium built using almost 1,000 shipping containers
Spain's Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed a novel design for the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup soccer championship in Qatar. Named the 974 Stadium, it's designed to be relatively easy to disassemble and rebuild, and was constructed using almost 1,000 shipping...
From cargo to classrooms: Containers triggering ideas and opportunities
Experts say they are slowly gaining popularity as an eco-friendly, rapidly deployable, scalable, portable plug-and-play building solution. New Delhi: The Delhi government recently unveiled two new modular Mohalla clinics made from shipping containers in Shakur Basti...
Growing trend for shipping containers as trendy pools in France
Industrial-chic swimming pools crafted from shipping containers are in high demand thanks to their looks, price point and durability. Swimming pools made from shipping containers are so popular companies are springing up all over the country to make them and are...
4 Benefits Steel Storage Containers Bring to Your Business
If your industry involves delivering enormous products to numerous places throughout the country or around the world or keeping valuable objects for an extended period, finding the right infrastructure can be a challenge. Fortunately, steel storage containers are the...
Shipping containers plan for historic bowling green
A BOWLING green which was opened in the year suffragettes disrupted the State Opening of Parliament could see three steel shipping containers placed beside it and a colourful mural painted on its grade II listed boundary wall. Darlington Parks Bowling Association,...
US Air Force Funds Shipping Container 3D Printing Facilities Secured by Blockchain
Blockchain innovator SImple Blockchain Applications (SIMBA) has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant by the U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (AFRSO) to develop next-generation critical mission technology and digitally empowered...
We Started Building an Off-Grid Shipping Container Home with Zero Construction Experience
About two years ago, Pacific Pines Ranch was born from our idea to escape the city life and chase our dreams out in the Oregon forest. We decided to change our life and start from ground zero to develop an off-grid shipping container home, ourselves, with little to no...
Ships sail through Suez Canal again after large shipping container freed
VESSELS ANCHORED FOR nearly a week are moving through the Suez Canal again after the ship blocking the canal was unwedged. Over 100 ships were ready to navigate the narrow passage overnight after the ship was freed, Suez Canal Authority chief Osama Rabie told...