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SHIPPING WORLD
WORLD'S TALLEST SHIPPING-

CONTAINER BUILDING TO BE BUILT

IN LONDON

Patalab Architecture has won approval to build a nine-storey office block
from shipping containers, which will be the world's tallest building made from the
modular structures.

When built, the office block in Whitechapel, east London, will be 26-metres-
high plus a lift overrun. This will make it taller than the Freitag Store in Zurich – the
current tallest building made from shipping containers.
London studio Patalab Architecture choose to design the building from reused
shipping containers for both practical and aesthetic reasons.
"On the one hand this construction is a very economic way, with offsite modular
manufacturing and a considerably shorter time on site," said Uwe Schmidt-Hess,
founder of Patalab Architecture.
"On the other it is the aesthetic quality of the shipping containers that we feel
responds well to the brief," he told Dezeen.

The containers will be stacked nine high, with a steel frame providing additional
structural support. On the exterior the containers will be fully clad and glass
balconies will be placed on the street facade.
Inside the block, the containers will be cut to create open-plan office spaces. Each
floor will have corridors lined with corrugated metal that will be coloured based on
the design schemes used by freight companies to paint shipping containers.
Shipping containers have been used as the structure to create numerous cafes and
offices. Last year Kengo Kuma created a drive-through for Starbucks in Taiwan
from the stackable containers, while Julius Taminiau created a space for startups in
Amsterdam.

Source: https://www.dezeen.com/2019/07/02/worlds-tallest-shipping-container-building-london/