by Dave Hukka | Nov 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
FOR SALE 1 x general-purpose shipping container office. Dimensions 5.9m x 2.3m x 2.4m. Features: Sliding side access door Three windows Fully insulated Carpeted floor Freshly painted Lockable Watertight Price: $15,000 Pick up from Mayfield 2304 Contact us on 1300 278...
by Dave Hukka | Jul 24, 2018 | Community, Retail
Shipping containers have been a resourceful product used for different innovations over the years. The fact remains that they can be put to many uses. No matter what, you can always find ways to reuse and repurpose shipping containers. One important way a shipping...
by Dave Hukka | Apr 24, 2017 | Accommodation
Vietnam’s popular resort town Nha Trang is home to a colourful new hostel, housed in an eye-catching stack of recycled shipping containers. Completed by local studio TAK Architects in 2016, Ccasa hostel is a hip holiday haven for budget travellers and architecture...
by Dave Hukka | Apr 18, 2017 | Restaurants
When lawyer Zan Kaufman quit her day job and left New York in 2012, she cooked up a tasty idea that’s since turned into a booming burger business called Bleecker St. Named after a popular thoroughfare in downtown Manhattan, Zan’s burger joints and food trucks are now...
by Dave Hukka | Apr 10, 2017 | Restaurants
In the wilderness, nobody wants to come face-to-face with a hungry bear. But on the streets of Lidcombe, people flock to The Hungry Bear every morning for their daily coffee fix. In a short space of time, the hip new Lidcombe shipping container cafe has become a...
by Dave Hukka | Mar 20, 2017 | Bars
Melbourne’s newest bar is an indicator that the city’s thriving laneway culture can, in fact, be contained. An impressive new container bar called Whitehart sprouted up this month in a former parking lot at the end of Whitehart Lane. The two-storey, open-air watering...
by Dave Hukka | Mar 13, 2017 | Restaurants
A design competition has inspired Israeli interior designer Liat Eliav to bring her winning shipping container cafe design to life. Known simply as The Container, the mobile coffee shop was built in just five weeks. The sustainable architecture competition is run by...
by Dave Hukka | Feb 22, 2017 | Events
From the casinos of Atlantic City to Sandy Hook beach in the north, the Jersey Shore has a reputation for boardwalks, Ferris wheels, nightlife and cringe-worthy reality TV. But the arrival of artBOX – the centrepiece of a new artists’ shipping container colony...
by Dave Hukka | Feb 16, 2017 | Restaurants
The bright yellow exterior of Austin-based Burro Cheese Kitchen is a dead giveaway of what’s cooking inside. And in case the colour of the pop-up shipping container cafe isn’t enough, the name spells it out: this place is all about cheese. Balkan burro cheese (known...
by Dave Hukka | Jan 30, 2017 | Retail
With record-breaking viewer numbers, HBO’s cult classic TV show Game of Thrones has been an epic commercial success. So the decision to showcase GoT merchandise in a refurbished cargo container wasn’t motivated by budget restraints. But even though money was clearly...
