Monday, March 25, 2013

From architzer.com — The Rise and Rise of the Architectural Shipping Container

Dekalb Market in Brooklyn
The advent of the shipping container as architectural module and medium probably originated in the late 1950s before being seriously considered in the ’70s, when economic and oil crises provoked new readings and applications of architecture. The idea has recently developed into a full-fledged trend over the last few years, if the proliferation of container-themed projects–everything from schools andhomes to think tanks and pavilions, and plenty more–being uploaded daily to our database is to be believed. But an entire market where everything is housed and sold from stacks of shipping containers? More at: The Rise and Rise of the Architectural Shipping Container

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