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    Boxpark mall in London uses recycled shipping containers

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    We’ve seen stores carved into recycled shipping containers before. Now, London plays home to a full-fledged mall, completely constructed out of recycled shipping containers, located at the east end. Called the Boxpark, this mall plays home to trendy apparel stores, … Continue reading3

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    30 disused shipping containers recycled and fashioned into retirement home

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    Shipping containers have been recycled before and put to newer uses post-retirement. This home in Canada is one of them, a perfect way to put to use those usually thrashed away chunks metal boxes. Called the Sea-Can Home, this one’s … Continue reading3

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    LEED Cabins, a green home inside a recycled shipping container

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    We’ve seen shipping containers being recycled and overhauled into some pretty practical and usable finished products before. Well, we came across a home packed into a shipping container this time, and it sure as hell took our breath away. For … Continue reading3

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    Recycled shipping containers given new reasons to live, give us new reasons to shop!

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    Recycled shipping containers have found their uses, turning into mobile homes and shops before. Its time now for them to be used as an entire shopping mall too! LOT-EK, an architecture firm has come up with this mall, made out … Continue reading3

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    Shipping containers needed in Haiti for emergency housing facilities

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    The monsoons are fast around the corner, which means that the hurricanes will be here soon. And the people of Haiti are yet living in tents, without proper homes to keep them away from the ever-looming drastic weather conditions. After … Continue reading3

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