The June 2011 issue of Interior Design magazine features furniture and wood work we created for the iCrete offices in Los Angeles. The interiors, designed by Felderman Keatinge Associates, included workstations that appear to float above the floor. Materials included Fin-Ply wood, Zebrano veneer and enameled steel.
A standard shipping container– minus one side
There are nearly 30 million shipping containers in use in the world today. Over a million of them are replaced each year by the shipping industry. A standard 20 foot unit contains about 5000 pounds of rust-proof Corten steel, so it’s not going to just disintegrate, even after spending years exposed to the elements.
Around the time that Clive Wilkinson & Associates created their award-winning office space for Pallotta Teamworks, I became fascinated with the possible uses of recycled shipping containers. Here was an opportunity to really demonstrate recycling and sustainability by giving new life these retired containers in new applications.
Recycled shipping containers are nearly indestructible. Their Corten steel construction makes them virtually rustproof and their standardized design makes them easy to combine in many ways. Their strength makes them ideal for stacking. They can be cut, sliced, painted, and electrified.
In the May Issue, Interior Design magazine featured our Reception Station we built for Innocean Worldwide in Huntington Beach designed by Shubin + Donaldson Architects. The reception desk features a hot-rolled steel body with clear powder coating and a 3Form Chroma transaction top with miter cut corners. The challenge was to create an ultra-clean steel desk with invisible connections and weld joints.
