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We have been looking at how shipping containers make good homes and so today I thought that it would be fun if we had a look at some of the more eclectic uses that shipping containers have been put to.

Adam Kalkin’s developed the absolutely amazing concept above showing what can be done with shipping containers.  It was originally used in Italy at the 52nd Venice Biennial as a coffee stand by Illy but has subsequently traveled to the USA and elsewhere where it always makes an impact!  Not many cargo containers are able to do this at the touch of a button!

At the other end of the scale - at least technologically speaking - we have an example of a high rise building in Zürich which looks exactly like what it is - 17 old and rusty cargo containers.

The company has a strong ecological product ethos and so have used a shipping container conversion to make their 85ft high Freitag Shop.  It is connected by staircases and has a viewing platform at the top.

But shipping containers of whatever size don’t have to always be converted into anything quite as spectacular as the examples pictured above.  They are often found in much more everyday settings.  Our local garage has converted a 40 foot ISO container into a car wash which works very well.  Simon, our website guy, was out and about this weekend when he spotted this 20 foot shipping container providing shelter and security for a cash machine.  Thank you to him for taking a photo with his mobile!

But let us not forget the more everyday cargo container conversions.  These include chemical stores, refrigerated containers, smoking shelters, insulated containers, recording studios, tack rooms, p.e. equipment stores, offices, classrooms, roadside cafes, mess rooms and canteens to name but a few!

So, from the extraordinary to the everyday shipping containers can provide solutions on many different levels as a ecologically friendly, adaptable and highly transportable option for whatever conversion you are considering.

Shipping Containers come in many shapes and sizes and we were discussing in the office the various different preferences there are for containers on a national level.  This inspired Susan to get out her sketch pad and to draw some cartoons to give us a high note to end our week on.

BRECON BEA-CON-TAINER

For example, our enquiries in Wales are often for 10ft containers or insulated containers.  Susan often goes to Wales for inspiration for her painting and is particularly fond of the Brecon Beacons.

LEPRI-CORN-TAINERS

Refrigerated Containers are always in demand in Ireland, often for the fishing industry.  You will have gathered from this particular cartoon that we are very keen on a particular Irish beverage.

BOX NESS MONSTER

Both Susan and I have Scottish parents.  We get asked for a lot of 20ft containers and 40ft containers in the Glasgow area in particular - a fact which always causes debate in the office over football teams as both Susan and I support opposing Glasgow Teams.  Blue is obviously the superior colour no matter what Susan says to the contrary.

Whatever the demand is for shipping containers in whatever part of the UK, CS Shipping Containers are happy to supply them - be they in blue, green,……..or even brown, red etc.!!!