13 Nov 10 Best: Cool shipping-container conversions
Originally developed for transportation, shipping containers are finding new life as buildings. Stores, restaurants and offices are popping up across the country as architects find new uses for the steel boxes. “The shipping container could be the 21st century’s brick,” says Allison Arieff, a New York Times architecture and design blogger, and author of Prefab (Gibbs Smith, $39.95), one of the first consumer-oriented books on the subject. “It appears to be this endlessly possibility-laden building material.” She says while containers don’t make great houses, they have been used for many cool commercial purposes. She shares some standout examples with Larry Bleiberg for USA TODAY. Read the full article