San Francisco Shipping Container Store by Envelope A+D

San Francisco Shipping Container Store by Envelope A+D
In the neighborhood of Hayes Valley, there are three of these containers. They sit on a gravel-strewn lot, surrounded by a modest chain link fence. More are on the way. Together they form Proxy, the brainchild of architect Douglas Burnham, and his Oakland-based firm, Envelope A+D.

MUVBOX Concept Shipping Container resturant

Hard to believe but when it opens-up in under a minute and transforms into a restaurant, a pop-up store or an art gallery, you'll believe it. It's called MUVBOX because it can be moved. Since it is not set permanently in the ground, there is no need for building permits. It can be dropped anywhere, with relative ease, without a large truck cabin lingering around taking up space. Daily opening and closing and table set-up is simple. And the whole container can be easily transported by road, rail or sea.

Created out of an old shipping container and powered by solar energy, this application of the MUVBOX concept in Old-Montreal is a modern-day reinvention of the old-fashioned canteen. Each night the MUVBOX vanishes back into its cube, and redeploys early the next morning at the touch of a button, in less than two minutes!

Christchurch Dairy Store

In the wake of the Earthquake disaster that struck Christchurch NZ, they are using ISBUs Shipping Containers to house temporary stores, here's a great story.
http://rebuildingchristchurch.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/the-sydenham-shipping-container-dairy/