Word: containerization
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The lowly shipping container, globalization's pack mule, is doing far more than transport duty these days. The mundane module has inspired a whole school of construction, pioneered by, among others, American artist-architect Adam Kalkin. Since he first created a dwelling with one in 1999, he has developed Quik...
British development company Urban Space Management put in its bid for gritty glamor with Container City, a warren of 15 artists' studios fashioned from 20 recycled containers in London's Docklands district in 2001. The crated community proved so popular, it was expanded to 40 units a year later. Since...
The danger of being pierced by used hypodermic needles might not be part of the job description for Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) employees—but that is exactly the risk Winthrop House dining hall workers have been facing for several weeks. Used syringe needles have been appearing next...
Yet these are places that know how to meet a challenge. They've done it before. From being dismissed as long past their prime a quarter of a century ago, New York, London and Hong Kong have gone on to extraordinary heights. Tying themselves together, they have also knitted the...
Wonjin Worldwide already has seven plants in China, but Yoon says further expansion there is unlikely because costs are going up and China doesn't need more investment from foreign companies, which compete with the country's increasingly capable domestic firms. "They needed foreigners for the technology," notes Yoon, "but...