So searching around the interweb and found this company that recycles and converts old shipping containers into useful outside rooms, and also makes them into pieces of art too.

http://www.bullmans.co.uk/container-modifications-conversions-images11.asp

Now I like this for 2 reasons. Firstly, they’re innovative enough to change the use of something which is normally used for something bland; basically being a big box. Secondly, they could be in their new uses, just functional, plain shipping containers, but these have star quality. They’re modern industrial sculpture in a way. The use of lighting brings the corrugated effect to life.

What they’ve done already is good, but the potential is amazing for building outwards and upwards. How about putting an open top container on it’s end? Let me know your ideas on how these shipping containers can be used…