The Hotel That Puts Its Guests in Storage
At the end of a long day’s exploring of the city of your choice, there’s nothing nicer than having a glass of vino, ringing loved ones, running a hot bath and then bedding down for the night”¦.in a shipping container.
Well, that’s what Travelodge would have us believe. Their new eight-storey hotel in the Uxbridge area of west London has been built from 86 modified shipping containers. Furthermore, they’ve officially expressed their intention to build half of their hotels planned for the future in this manner.
Shipping container architecture isn’t entirely novel ““ for example, look at the offices of the Freitag brothers in Zurich, or Gregory Colbert’s Nomadic Museum - but it’s certainly unusual, and the buildings always have a very distinctive look. The Uxbridge Travelodge hotel will offer rooms for the price of $35-$40 per night, which suggests overwhelming opulence isn’t the order of the day, but it’s certainly an admirably green piece of lateral thinking.
Image: rolu dsgn
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...
The New Face Of Office Space: Crystal City, Moscow
XHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Modernism is a thing of
A Really, Really Good Hotel in San Francisco
XHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Green hotels are nothing new
A Passive Approach to Reducing Your Power Bill
XHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. The best way to heat
Guatemala: Volcanoes, Sugarcane and Yoga Mats
XHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Yoga is all about finding
|
Bookmark |
Welcome! The comment box is all yours to say what you like. Just make sure you use a real name, not a site or company, so you don't get sent to the spam bin. (That makes us sad.)