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There is growing interest in the use of shipping containers as the basis for habitable structures. These "icons of globalization" are relatively inexpensive, structurally sound and in abundant supply. Although, in raw form, containers are dark windowless boxes (which might place them at odds with some of the tenets of modernist design...) they can be highly customizable modular elements of a larger structure.

The projects below are sorted alphabetically (by company or designer's name). In addition to the container-based projects listed below we offer links to useful web sites and relevant books.

Selected projects utilizing shipping containers.

Info credits: Zack Smith, Kevin Tze King Ho.
Architects, designers, developers: advise us of your project

A	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		055	EcoNomad Combined Mechanical Utility Container	ACPI: Udo Staschik	Kenora, Ontario Canada	Portable power, water and heat for remote off grid locations: potable water, biological wastewater treatment, heating, electrical supply
		066	Contemporary Container Homes	Graeme Addis/ Addis Containers	Auckand New Zealand	Architecturally designed shipping container based contemporary houses to suit your site and lifestyle.
Addis Containers info credit: Thanks to Justin (modernlover)
		077	Habitainer	Co-operative network coordinated by Luis Rodriguez Alonso	Barcelona Spain	Container-based live/work units. Development stage. Seeking resources.

B	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		058	Contained mobility	Chrissie Beavis	San Luis Obispo, CA, USA	Prototype under construction Fall 2003 as part of BA of Architecture at California Polytechnic State University
		196	Modular Accommodation System (MAS)	Bluebase/Matthias Hamm	London, UK	European and HK Patented. SME grant for structural assessment.

C	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		200	Sauna Box	Castor Canadensis	Toronto, ON Canada	Wood fired stove with additional electicity supplied by a solar panel. Each Sauna Box is site specific and custom built.
		054	Simonstown High School Shipping Container Hostel	Paul Cooper	South Africa	Built in 1998

D	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		195	platFORM	William Deegan/ nextmodernfacilities	Bethlehem, PA, USA	Project for a youth aids prevention/sports facility to be erected for under $5,000 US dollars in South Africa.
		202	Redondo Beach House	DeMaria Design Associates	Manhattan Beach, CA	Custom residence in Redondo Beach, CA. Under construction.
		208	Zigloo Domestique	Keith Dewey	Victoria B.C. Canada	Custom residence in Victoria B.C. Canada. Under construction.

F	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		075	Ten Year Hotel	Lee Ferguson and Jonathan Whittaker	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Studio design project dealing with city, surface, and cell. This is a temporary approach to hotel design.
		065	Gloucester Green	FXFOWLE	New York, NY, USA	Winner in a nationwide planning competition for a project that proposed the reuse of shipping containers as low-cost modules for 351 live/work housing units.
		064	SECCA HOME House project entry - habitat house	Jim Fox, Leslie Ford and Marcus Bushong with instructors Geoffrey C. Adams and Karen King	School of Architecture and Planning, UNM, Albuquerque, NM USA	One of 25 winning entries in the SECCA HOME House project competition.

G	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		056	Container School for humanity in Cross Keys, Jamaica. August and September 2000	Global Peace Containers Intl. Prof. Dick Martin, Soren Ludwig.	Atlanta GA USA	GlobalPeaceContainer.com builds sustainable, low-cost alternatives to traditional construction methods.
		078	Global Portable Buildings	Global Portable Buildings Inc	Santa Rosa, CA, USA	Container-based structures designed for commercial and residential applications.
		048	Future Shack	Sean Godsell	Australia	built prototype
		074	Keetwonen	Quinten de Gooijer	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Student village using 1050 ISO 40' containers near Amsterdam city center.
		196	"Baldakin" Modular Accommodation System (BMAS)	Alain Guigan / AGRAL SA	Cully, Switzerland.	Modular Accommodation Capsules fitted in an ISO container frame.

H	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of August 2006
		049	Container Living House	Kevin Tze King Ho	Singapore/Australia	Thesis on container living.
		209	cargotecture studio 320	HyBrid	Seattle, WA, USA	Cargotecture Studio 320 is manufactured by a Seattle area fabricator, and can be completed and delivered within two months.
		068	Four-over-Two	HyBrid Seattle: Joel Egan, Robert Humble, Buster Simpson, et al.	Seattle, WA, USA	CargoTecture: Coming Soon to Urban Infill Seattle; 72 Cans around 14th & Madison & Pike.

J	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		040	PRO/con packaged home/ Dwell Home invitational	Jones, Partners: Architecture	El Segundo, CA, USA	Example Design using the PRO/con building system (see project ID 057) As entered in the Dwell Home invitational.
		057	PRO/CON program	Jones, Partners: Architecture	El Segundo, CA, USA	Complete building system incorporating ISO standard 20' shipping containers.

K	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		041	12 container house, Brooklin, Maine	Adam Kalkin	New Jersey	Used as a vacation home by the client
		042	The Collector's House at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT	Adam Kalkin	New Jersey	Open for inspection (during months when museum is open).
		043	$99,000 House, South version	Adam Kalkin	New Jersey	unknown
		044	$99,000 House, North version	Adam Kalkin	New Jersey	unknown
		063	Quik Build	Adam Kalkin	New Jersey	2000 sf kit house. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom.
		067	Container Projects	Hannes Koppel	Keila, Estonia	Various container studies
		201	Container Metamorphosed	J. Kretschmer, Architect	San Jose, CA USA	Concept

L	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of August 2006
		046	Guzman Penthouse	LOT-EK Ada Tolla & Giuseppe Lignano	New York, NY, USA	Residential project completed1996
		060	American Diner #1	LOT-EK Ada Tolla & Giuseppe Lignano	New York, NY, USA	Project for a diner created from 2 containers.One for cooking and one for dining. Designed for use in Tokyo after shipping from the USA. Unbuilt 1996
		061	Container Cafe	LOT-EK Ada Tolla & Giuseppe Lignano	New York, NY, USA	Designed for Art Basel-Miami Beach
		059	MDU Mobile Dwelling Unit	LOT-EK Ada Tolla & Giuseppe Lignano	New York, NY USA	Built prototype currently travelling through museums in North America. See second link for exhibition schedule.
		062	Container Kit Home	LOT-EK Ada Tolla & Giuseppe Lignano, + Guy Zucker, Maggie Peng	New York, NY USA	2003 project currently in development
		198	Container Home Kit CHK Loft	LOT-EK Ada Tolla + Giuseppe Lignano partners	New York, NY USA	2005 in development.
		199	Container Home Kit CHK Compact	LOT-EK Ada Tolla + Giuseppe Lignano partners	New York, NY USA	2005 in development.

M	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		045	fhiltex-x	mmw architects	Oslo, Norway	single built prototype using 2 containers. various renderings online.
		071	4 Container House (s-CON01)	Mark Meyer designSTUDIO	Austin, TX	4 Container House study
		072	2 Container House (s-CON02)	Mark Meyer designSTUDIO	Austin, TX	2 Container House study

O	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		047	Seatrain Residence for Richard Carlson	Office of Mobile Design: Jennifer Siegal,	Venice, California	Ccompleted residence

R	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of August 2006
		069	Container Camping	Royal Wolf Containers Australia	Sydney, Australia	Originally designed for weekend camping groups. Has many applications and set-up time is under 20 minutes. Unit is fully weatherproof.
		070	Food Servery	Royal Wolf Containers Australia	Sydney, Australia	Constructed for a water cable ski park in Australia. Has a capacity to serve up to 400 persons per hour. Fully self contained and operational in minutes.

S	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		211	FREITAG Shop Zurich	spillmann.echsle architekten eth sia	Zurich, ZH, Switzerland	The new, recycled FREITAG SHOP ZURICH, is entirely made from 17 used freight containers.
		079	Flat-pack accomodation container	StarCabin	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Space-creation solutions: solid, stable in value and extremely versatile. Next to each other, on top of each other, behind each other, stackable and combinable.

T	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		076	Mobile Atelier	Instructor: Evelyn Tickle at University of Virginia in 2000	Charlotesville, VA	Mobile dwelling designed and built by 12 fourth year University of Virginia School of Architecture students in 2000

U	Link	Project ID	Project Name	Architect/Designer	Designer Location	Status as of October 2006
		050	Container Learn Tower London	Urban Space Management Developer: Eric Reynolds	London, UK	Built and operating as classrooms in East London.
		051	Live/work artists studios Cove Park, Scotland.	Urban Space Management	London, UK	Built and operating as live/work studios for artists.
		052	Container City I Trinity Buoy Wharf	Urban Space Management Developer: Eric Reynolds	London, UK	Studios/workshops. Built and occupied.
		053	Container City 2 Trinity Buoy Wharf	Urban Space Management Developer: Eric Reynolds	London, UK	Studios/workshops. Built and occupied.

Useful links
If you have any relevant links let us know

Container Sources
Shipping containers are widely available - here are just a few of the many sources:

Allied Container Products Antioch, California
Seabox East Riverton, New Jersey
Factory Containers Direct - Inventory available in multiple locations- see web site.
TRS Containers Avenel, New Jersey
ISO Containers East Riverton, New Jersey
Interport Newark, New Jersey
Martin Container Wilmington, California
On-Site Storage Solutions Los Angeles, California based. Multiple other locations.
Containers Direct Intertrade Christchurch, New Zealand
Addis Containers Ltd Auckland, New Zealand
Global Portable Buildings Santa Rosa, California
US Government surplus

Technical Resources

Cargo Container Info - a detailed information resource (thanks to Justin/Modernlover)
ATCO structures - rapid roof system
GDV Transport Information Service - container information
P&O Nedlloyd - container specifications and information
Tandemloc - hardware/fittings/connectors

Books

	LOT/EK: Mobile Dwelling Unit by Henry Urbach, Robert Kronenberg, Aaron Betsky Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers; (July 2003) ISBN: 189102468X	See it at amazon.com a new window will open
	Architecture and Hygiene by Adam Kalkin Publisher: Batsford (Sep 2002) ISBN: 0713487895	See it at amazon.com a new window will open
	Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture by Jennifer Siegal Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press ASIN: 1568983344	See it at amazon.com a new window will open