Posted Sep 2, 2011, 5:28 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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The Rise and Rise of the Architectural Shipping Container
September 1, 2011
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 and homes 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?
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http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog...g-container-2/
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