Detail View: SHIMMER: Container City II
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Title:
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Container City II
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Creation Date:
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2002
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Image Date:
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2011
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Period:
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21st century
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Location:
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London
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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30 shipping containers - recycled
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Display Creator:
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NICHOLAS LACY & PARTNERS
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Image ID:
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11-0149
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Description:
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Exterior view: front facade with surrounding buildings. Location: Trinity Buoy Wharf, Docklands. 80% of the build uses recycled material. Container City II has 5 floors, provides 22 studio spaces and is made from 30 containers. Erected in 8 days. Unlike Container City I, this building overhangs on the upper floors. Trinity Buoy Wharf has a number of the original Dock buildings still standing. These include Experimental Lighthouse and Chain and Buoy Store (Archt: James DOUGLASS, 1864) used for training and trials. The wharf was occupied by Trinity House for the repair, maintenance and storage of their buoys and lightships. Closed in 1988, it re-opened in 1998 as a centre for the arts and creative industries. The Long Player project (Jem FINER, 2000-3000) is based within the Lighthouse and the University of East London has Fine Art and Dance studios here. Container City I was the first of a number of container structures infiltrated onto the site between different existing buildings. Urban Space Management, who developed the site, have offices in another container building, The Riverside Building, elsewhere on the Wharf.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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NICHOLAS LACY & PARTNERS
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Creator Dates - Active:
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20th century ; 21st century
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Creator Role:
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Architects.
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Creator:
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BURO HAPPOLD
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Creator Dates - Active:
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20th century ; 21st century
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Creator Role:
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Engineers.
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Nationality:
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European International.
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Subject Heading:
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Offices -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Containers -- Recycling
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 2000-2100
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Artists studios -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Apartments -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Sustainable architecture
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Subject Heading:
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Urban renewal -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Docks -- Remodeling for other use
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