Chinese architectural firm Tonghe Shanzhi Landscape Design has built a luxury hotel out of shipping containers.
Constructed out of 35 shipping containers, the “Xiang Xiang Pray House” contains 21 individual rooms—each housed in either a 20-foot or 40-foot container—in addition to a lobby, restaurant, event space and patio areas.
The five star hotel is an eco-friendly project that saved 60% of water and concrete during construction and produces 30% less waste than a similarly sized regular hotel—it is even painted in environmental water paint.
Normally used for as low-cost, temporary structures in architecture, it is refreshing to see the shipping container utilised for providing a luxury experience.
Would you pay luxury rates to stay in a hotel that is housed in shipping containers?
[via Design Boom]