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Thirteen retired cargo containers have been put to use as building materials for a new office space for two printing companies. The Belgian design group five AM developed the sleek new office space.

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Storage buildings are still “trending” across the globe as 2013 begins and countries around the world are seeing the benefits of modular building techniques.

UK Continues Trend

The posh DockBar in Manchester, London now has a second edition, the DockLounge. These two buildings, constructed from used containers, were designed by WhiteCrate UK design firm. DockLounge is made of two standard 40-foot units, and one high-cube. The three units together create a spacious inner room where up to 80 entrants can mingle.

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A new school was built in Anyang, Korea, and it is made entirely out of recycled containers. The “APAP Open School” was made by LOT-EK, a firm located in America. The construction was completed in 2010, and since then, the exquisite building has received many awards, including the 2011 Aiany Architecture Honors Award, and the 2011 American Architecture Award.

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Modular construction is a hot topic in the design world, frequently applauded for its economic resourcefulness and efficiency. Homes and buildings constructed with recycled containers are saving natural resources and construction efforts. Structures that are built with the steel storage boxes are often space and design efficient. So it is a surprise to find a luxurious implementation of storage container housing, introducing, the “Sauna Box”.

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Starbucks has opened another “first” for itself in Seattle. The home to the company’s first store is now home to the first of a unique type of store: the “reclamation drive-thru”. This store is made of four recycled shipping containers, which Starbucks has reclaimed and turned into an architectural interest point in Tukwila, a neighborhood of Seattle.

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The up-and-coming project in Vancouver to build a series of homes with storage containers just broke ground on Friday. This social housing project is the first of its kind in Canada, so the start of construction was a definite milestone for the people in downtown Vancouver. The purpose of this social housing project aligns with a city initiative to make more housing available to people in need in the downtown area by 2015.

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The shipping industry is not the most glamorized part of international trade, but it is perhaps the most crucial. Approximately 92% of the objects in the average American residents home have been transported via cargo units. The expansion of free trade around the globe has contributed to the growth in the global trade in the past two decades.

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A year ago this weekend, the container mall opened in Christchurch. This anniversary is especially sentimental, as destruction from the Christchurch earthquake still exists in the area around the mall. The uniquely constructed mall is named “Re:Start”, which alludes to the fact that it was constructed after the earthquake in central Christchurch.

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There has been movement in Honolulu’s City Council regarding housing for farmers. There has been a need for more affordable housing for the farmers that work on the land along the Leeward Coast. The famers that own the land need the housing for their employees, this ensures that crops can be harvested in an economic manor.

The government has been busy making sure they meet this need with a swift solution. Groups involved in the solution creation process include The American Planning Association, Hawaii State Department of Agriculture, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation.

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It is fall once again, although it may be hard to tell in Southern California. One sure sign that the autumn months have begun is the annual Art Walk in Elysian Valley, Los Angeles. Known affectionately as Frogtown, Elysian Valley has a substantial art community.

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