The ultimate shipping container!
Category:
creativity - Published: February 8, 2016
Think inside the box!
These corrugated freight containers are amazingly reusable for a variety of repurposing. With some creative imagination people have been creating innovative, practical spaces for years. I have cherry picked some of my favourites to share with you!
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More of a minimalist sculpture than a farmers family home, this exceptional design was built by 34 yr old architect Patrick Bradley in Northern Ireland.
The house was built with 4 shipping containers at a cost of £133,000.
On a smaller scale but no less attractive is this versatile summer house ticks all the right boxes. Im sure your guests would be delightfully surprised to stay in here.
Small spaces can have a big Impact. Here is a couple of container interiors.
As well as offices and homes containers can make great practical workshops! With some meticulous organisation you can transform the space into an effective workspace. Here are some that got it right!
Shipping containers are economic, versatile, durable and practical solutions for a range of uses.
Here are some interesting facts about them!
- An estimated 10,000 containers are lost at sea every year!
- Approximately 97% of shipping containers are manufactured in China!
- There are over 17 million shipping containers in global circulation!
- The worlds biggest container ship can carry over a staggering 19’000 containers!
You will never look at these steel boxes the same!
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