Container Architecture: Modular Construction Marvels

Design reduced to the absolute essential – the shipping container. Invented in the 1950s by Malcom McLean, these plain steel boxes with corrugated profiles revolutionized the worldwide trade sector. These huge receptacles for storing and transporting cargo have found their way into architecture to become an essential part of global building culture.

Ever more astonishing architectural applications and design experiments are based on these standardized, strictly geometrically conceived units. Their imaginatively designed shells are just as versatile as their use: sometimes with original, rough surfaces with traces of use that tell a story, sometimes with a curtain facade made of wood and large-scale glazing, or even as a purist composition with a sophisticated light installation. In an ever-changing world with its hybrid forms of living and working, this book presents a collection of remarkable container buildings.

About the Author:

After completing a degree in architecture in architecture Sibylle Kramer worked for gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners in different functions, such as Chief Representative in Beijing. In 2001 she set up her successful architecture practice in Hamburg which has received various awards and competition prizes. Kramer is also a frequent participant on selection committees for architectural competitions.

_Palazzo Verde Apartments in Antwerpen, Belgium (Stefano Boeri Architetti)
_National Theater Company of Korea in Seoul (Urbantainer)
_Goodman Westlink in Hong Kong (A Work of Substance)
_Café Kontejner in Prague, Czech Republic (Collarch)
_Parking Attendant Tower in Columbus, OH, United States (Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design)