Striking Apartment Building Is Made Up of 140 Shipping Containers

A design to revitalize Johannesburg’s downtown

All photos by Dave Southwood courtesy LOT-EK


We’ve seen shipping container buildings come in many many forms, and this one in Johannesburg, South Africa, is refreshingly straightforward. Architecture firm LOT-EK designed a six-story residential building from 140 upcycled shipping containers stacked on top of each other.

The architects split the complex into two sections-one blue, one green-that slant outward to create a triangular courtyard between them. Read full article @elizabethGkilgore





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