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Shipping Container Cabin Hotel
A new Idea from chef Tim Love involves shipping container cabins on the Trinity River. Celebrity chef Tim Love is cooking up a new idea for his restaurant Gemelle - his Italian restaurant off White Settlement Road by the West Fork of the Trinity River. Love wants to...
Shipping-container coronavirus testing centre trialled in Australia
Staff at University of Technology Sydney in Australia have designed a drive-through coronavirus testing centre in a converted shipping container, which is being hosted at the university. This fully functioning prototype has been trialled by Sonic Clinical Trials for...
Bistro in Moray launches kitchen in converted shipping containers and vintage van to survive lockdown
The Bootlegger's Bistro has been serving from a vintage van in Hopeman. A Moray eatery has opened a makeshift cafe in converted shipping containers and a vintage Citroen van to survive the coronavirus lockdown. The Bothy Bistro in Burghead was forced to close in March...
Colorado shipping-container home on 35 acres comes with vaulted bunker for $1.65M
Courtesy Douglas Elliman LOCATION: Carbondale, Colorado — This small town of 6,500 at the foot of the Rocky Mountains has emerged as flashy Aspen’s slightly lower-key but increasingly hip counterpart, drawing a slew of new restaurants and boutique lodging...
Guy Builds a Modern Castle out of Shipping Containers
Article: https://interestingengineering.com/guy-builds-a-modern-castle-out-of-shipping-containers This wind and fire resistant modern castle made out of shipping containers is guaranteed to impress anyone. Everyone has a dream house of their own, whether it be a small...
3 ways shipping containers have aided capacity issues during COVID-19
© Techa Tungateja | Johnathan Bulmer, MD at Cleveland Containers,explains how shipping containers are supporting capacity efforts during coronavirus Logistics has slowed over the last few months, with supply chains being affected by the relentless impact of the...
MB Architecture stacks shipping containers to form Amagansett holiday home
US studio MB Architecture has stacked shipping containers to construct this black holiday house in Amagansett, New York in a few days. Amagansett Modular is a 1800-square-foot (167-square-metre) weekend residence on a small wooded site in the hamlet on Long Island's...
Shipping containers prove versatile in COVID-19 fight
While we are used to seeing shipping containers at ports and on ships, and sometimes even converted into tiny homes, it is worth noting that they can also be useful in the fight against COVID-19. Shippers have been left with thousands of empty containers to...
In Italy, two designers convert shipping containers into COVID-19 care pods
The CURA in Turin, Italy | Photo Credit: Max Tomasinelli In conversation with the two designers who worked on the Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments (CURA), aimed at reducing the risk of cross-infection for doctors and nurses In early March, as the Covid...
Jacobs joins team making ICUs from shipping containers
Jacobs is joining an international alliance that is seeking to convert shipping containers into plug-in pods to expand intensive-care units (ICUs) during the Covid-19 pandemic. The alliance of architects, engineers, doctors, military experts and NGOs wants to help...
Architect in Italy turns shipping containers into hospitals for treating Covid-19
Pop-up shops, student accommodation … ICUs. Two-bed prototype for a fraction of the cost of other options being built in coronavirus-hit Italy Stacks of space … the $100,000 units can be linked and help a hospital expand its ICU capability. Photograph: Squint/Opera...
Barcelona turns shipping containers into affordable homes
Barcelona is searching for a solution to its ongoing social housing crisis. - File pic credit Pixabay By Thomson Reuters Foundation - March 23, 2020 @ 6:58pm DOWN a cobblestone street a few metres from Las Ramblas boulevard, a vivid, contemporary-style building sits...
The coronavirus ‘isolation pods’ in Britain’s hospitals: NHS sets up windowless shipping containers and rusty cabins as a NINTH case is diagnosed in the UK
Makeshift coronavirus isolation 'pods' have emerged at hospitals across England as the country is on high alert for new cases of the illness. A ninth person was diagnosed last night, in London, and scientists and authorities expect there to be more infections in the...
Shipping Container Homes: From Tiny Houses To Ambitious Builds
Link : https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/mar/08/shipping-container-homes-from-tiny-houses-to-ambitious-builds Mick Wright asks me not to give the exact location of his double-storey shipping-container home because of the “paparazzi”. That’s what he calls...
Shipping Container Plan For Arson-Hit Spennymoor Cricket Club
A Cricket club hopes to drum up support for the new community facility. This was after the old one was destroyed in an arson attack in July, 2018. Spennymoor Cricket Club has been raising funds and working on plans to rebuild its pavilion. In partnership with...
Architects Design A Bushfire Proof Luxury Home Out Of Shipping Containers Complete With A Floating Bed And Outdoor Shower
Link - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8002441/Architects-design-bushfire-proof-luxury-home-shipping-containers.html Construction specialists eager to help bushfire-ravaged communities have created flame-resistant homes out of shipping containers to shelter...
RJDL Builds Cafe Infinity From Recycled Shipping Containers In India
Link : https://www.designboom.com/architecture/rjdl-cafe-infinity-recycled-shipping-containers-india-02-17-2020/ When RJDL was commissioned to develop a recreational space for greater noida’s dental college in India, the design team decided to utilise recycled...
Shipping Containers Turned Into Mirrored Architects’ Studio
Link : https://www.dezeen.com/2020/02/05/shipping-container-toop-architectuur/ Belgian practice TOOP Architectuur has designed two mobile architects' studios for its staff made of repurposed shipping containers clad in mirrors and...
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