Container Architecture (Hardcover)

David Andreu Bach

ISBN 10: 8499366627 / ISBN 13: 9788499366623

Published by Loft Publications, Barcelona, 2022

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Hardcover. The ultimate in sustainable architecture, containers provide a cheap and resilient building material with a myriad of possible applications. Modular, these self contained units are easy to attach to an existing build, incorporate within larger buildings or even combine together to create a single structure uniquely their own. Traditionally used in maritime and rail transport, these versatile vessels are by nature robust and durable, combining strength with all the benefits of a recycled material. Container Architecture features some of the most innovative uses of containers in building across sectors and scales including single-family and collective housing, shopping centres, offices, schools, hotels, restaurants, shelters, laboratories and works of ephemeral architecture. AUTHOR: Author David Andreu is a designer and editor specialising in books about interior design and architecture, including Architecture Today: Wood (2019; ISBN 9788499361451), Wood: Living & Working (2019; ISBN 9788499369440). Industrial Interiors: Iron & Wood (2022; ISBN 9788499366791). 300 colour illustrations An illustrated celebration of architecture using shipping containers as modular building elements, resulting in affordable moveable and sustainable prefabricated homes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Container Architecture (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Loft Publications, Barcelona
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8499366627
• ISBN 13: 9788499366623
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The ultimate in sustainable architecture, containers provide a cheap and resilient building material with a myriad of possible applications. Modular, these self contained units are easy to attach to an existing build, incorporate within larger buildings or even combine together to create a single structure uniquely their own. Traditionally used in maritime and rail transport, these versatile vessels are by nature robust and durable, combining strength with all the benefits of a recycled material.

Container Architecture features some of the most innovative uses of containers in building across sectors and scales including single-family and collective housing, shopping centers, offices, schools, hotels, restaurants, shelters, laboratories and works of ephemeral architecture.