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The name is a trademark of "Urban Space Management". The company have now completed sixteen projects utilising the technique, which is suited to short and medium term land use – when the land becomes required for other uses, the containers can be reused elsewhere.
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Illustration of the structure of Container City I and Container City II showing how the shipping containers (each nominally 40'×8'×8') are stacked.
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shipping containers, at the end of their life, to produce flexible accommodation and offices at low cost.
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View of Container City II from the third-floor walkway linking Container City I and Container City II
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Container City I and Container City II with an upturned container containing a stairwell between them
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A number of buildings have been installed using this method, primarily in East London. The first (
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The second-floor walkway linking Container City I and Container City II
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Peninsula. It is principally a means of utilising standard
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Container City II at Trinity Buoy Wharf in September 2012.
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shipping container architecture
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Illustration of the structure of Container City I and Container City II showing how the shipping containers (each nominally 40'×8'×8') are stacked.
Container City I
Interior of a studio in Container City I
Container City I and Container City II with an upturned container containing a stairwell between them

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