Sleep In a Shipping Container… You Wouldn’t Even Know

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Matt Embrey in Architecture, Travel

Remember our post about paying to sleep in an old drain pipe? Well now next time you go to London, you can sleep in an old shipping container. Travelodge is getting their recycle on with this hotel made completely of old shipping containers. It may sound like a gimmick but besides the fact that they are reusing manufactured materials, using this method allowed them to build 25% faster, using less energy. The steel buildings are strong and apparently you’d never know you were sleeping in a shipping box. Check out SmartPlanet for the whole story and more pictures of this cool sustainable structure.

Architecture, building, hotel, recycle, Travel

3 Responses to “ Sleep In a Shipping Container… You Wouldn’t Even Know ”

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27. Aug, 2008

nice travelodge recycling by making a hotel out of shipping containers in london.

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sleep

27. Apr, 2009

These are cool!

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Container Dave

26. Jul, 2009

Thats one way of recycling a 40′ HC container! We use them for importing furniture but it sounds like a good idea for a bedroom. They should be well sound proofed but i would think they could get a little got in the summer! Nice work Travelodge though..

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