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. More
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Container Atlas editor picks top five shipping-container architecture projects
Container Atlas brings together examples of shipping-container architecture from around the world. Here, one of the book's editors picks his top five projects from the book's latest edition. More
Shipping-container intensive care unit installed at Turin hospital
A two-bed intensive care unit within a shipping container, designed by Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota, has been built at a hospital in Turin and is being used to treat patients fighting the coronavirus. More
Weston Williamson + Partners proposes turning container ships into floating coronavirus hospitals
Container ships could be converted into giant hospitals that could sail to cities most impacted by coronavirus, under a proposal by UK architecture studio Weston Williamson + Partners. More
Carlo Ratti Associati designs shipping-container intensive care units for coronavirus treatment
Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota have designed an intensive-care pod within a shipping container that could be added to hospitals fighting the coronavirus pandemic. More
Shipping containers turned into mirrored architects' studio
Belgian practice TOOP Architectuur has designed two mobile architects' studios for its staff made of repurposed shipping containers clad in mirrors and timber. More
LOHA designs affordable housing complex for difficult site in Los Angeles
American firm LOHA has unveiled plans for an affordable housing complex in Los Angeles, comprising stacks of shipping containers arranged on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. More
AHMM unveils shipping-container housing development in Oklahoma
Squirrel Park is a scheme of four houses made from converted shipping containers in Oklahoma City, USA, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. More
Stacked shipping containers form Stow-Away London hotel and wine bar
Design studio Doone Silver Kerr turned a stack of used shipping containers into a hotel and wine bar with a geometric facade of welded fins that function as sunshades. More
Davidpompa shows Origo lights in shipping container for Mexico City design week
Mexico City design studio Davidpompa has added a slender floor lamp and a small table lamp to its Origo collection made from volcanic rock, which it showed in a shipper container. More
Two shipping containers contain a micro home furnished with Nendo
Brazilian architect Marilia Pellegrini has unveiled Casa Container in São Paulo, a micro home inside two shipping containers filled with Nendo furniture. More
Shipping-container micro homes with green roofs planned for UK
Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects has obtained planning permission for a development of micro homes made from shipping containers with green roofs in Aylesbury, England. More
World's tallest shipping-container building to be built in London
Patalab Architecture has won approval to build a nine-storey office block from shipping containers, which will be the world's tallest building made from the modular structures. More
Dixon Jones designs sculptural shipping-container building for Edinburgh
Architecture studio Dixon Jones and sculptor David Mach have collaborated on a proposal for an event space and marketing suite in Edinburgh, which will be made from a stack of bright red shipping containers. More
TRS Studio envisions shipping containers as affordable housing in Peru
Two shipping containers are joined together and topped by an angular polycarbonate extension in this conceptual design for low-cost housing by Peruvian firm TRS Studio. More
Shipping-container micro housing proposed for City of the Dead in Cairo
Architects Mouaz Abouzaid, Bassel Omara and Ahmed Hammad have proposed creating micro homes from shipping containers, called Sheltainers, for people living in Cairo's cemeteries. More
Atelier Let's enlivens basketball courts in Taiwan with shipping-container pavilion
Cool Cool Seaside is a pavilion made from three raised shipping containers, which provides shelter for two basketball courts in a square near the docks of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. More
SDI showcases WRKkit flexible office system as life-size kit of parts
Canadian design studio SDI has presented its WRKkit concept for adaptable offices at IDS Toronto, using a booth modelled on a giant DIY toy. More
WEDEW turns air into drinking water by creating artificial clouds in shipping container
A team led by US architect David Hertz has developed an energy-efficient technology for harvesting fresh drinking water from the air, which is contained within a shipping container for easy transport. More
Park House envisions converting multi-storey car parks into apartment blocks
Our latest MINI Living video features a conceptual housing project, with houses made from shipping containers placed within repurposed multi-storey parking garages. More