Shipping Container Buildings in St Louis & Beyond

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Evenings & Weekends, History & Culture, Virtual

Age Group:

Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
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After 20 years of being shipped around the world, a container reaches the end of its lifespan. However, a container can live on if you use it to build a house, or an office, or an apartment building, or a swimming pool, or a replica of the Globe Theatre where Shakespeare's plays were performed in London in the 1600's.

Doug Schneider will show you what people in St Louis have built with used shipping containers, plus some shipping container buildings in the rest of the United States.

shipping containers that have been transformed into a house

Recommended reading from the Library: Shipping Container

The presenter is Doug Schneider, author, St Louis walking tour guide, Scottish country dancer, fan of architecture, Route 66 enthusiast, who graduated from Brown University, one of the eight Ivy League universities, with a Bachelor's in History; and from the University of London with a Master's in Linguistics.

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