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Shipping Manifesto: An Introductory Guide to Building Cargo Container Architecture

In the 1950s, Malcolm McLean developed a modular design that would simplify the loading and offloading of ships, boxing up goods for easier loading and unloading between trains, trucks and boats ...

Around the World in 10 Minutes: Mesmerizing Cargo Container Ship Timelapse

Ever wonder what it would be like to work on a container ship, traveling across the Earth's oceans and seeing its cities from a new perspective? Canadian photographer and sailor Jeffrey Tsang ...

Boats + Yards: Dutch Architects Convert Cargo Ships into Waterfront Homes

Lifting cargo ships out of boat yards in the water up onto adjacent land, a Dutch design firm is creating a series of creatively recycled estates using maritime vessels that are no longer ...

Shipping Shapes: Perspective Drawing Lines Form Containerized Landscapes

Anyone who has seen stacks of shipping containers and the huge cranes that move them at big ports knows they can make for a marvelous sight, but what happens when you overlay those rigid ...

LightHotel: Mobile Shipping Container Room Fits Underutilized Urban Spaces

Designed for year-round use in the hot humid summers and icy cold winters of Minnesota's Twin Cities, the LightHotel represents an innovative and eco-friendly approach to on-demand ...

Cutting Corners: LOT-EK’s 21-Box Sliced Shipping Container Home in NYC

Rising up from its corner lot like a ship on a wave, this shipping container home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is a stunning private residence made from sliced, diced and strategically reassembled ...

Water You Can Eat: Edible Drink Bubbles Aim to Eliminate Plastic Bottle Waste

So far so good: the creators of these edible water balls have begun deploying them at large-scale festivals, the kinds of places where hundreds of disposable plastic bottles are used and trashed. ...

Ship & Swim: Mobile Cargo Container Pool & On-Demand Hot Tub for Homes

More stable and versatile than a typical temporary above-ground pool and less likely to tank your home real estate value than a built-in one, this modular plug-and-play swimming pool is the best ...

Plug & Play Homes: Mobile Modules Slot into Urban Frameworks

Coming to Austin next year, this mobile housing strategy takes portable living out of trailer parks, plugging you straight into the city grid and allowing you to easily hop metropolises on demand ...

40-Foot Cargo Container Turned into World’s Tallest Periscope

A brilliantly low-tech way to provide a unique view of the surrounding landscape, this massive yet cost-efficient shipping container periscope uses the same elementary construction principles ...

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