7 Amazing Green Bookstores and Libraries from Around the World

LOT-EK Recycles Doors Into a Spectacular Storefront for Van Alen Books in NYC

While it may seem that books are being quickly replaced by their E-tablet counterparts, there are still a handful of people out there keeping the art of print alive. Van Alen Books, specializing in both

Petroleum Tank Turned into Futuristic Loft Sleeping Pod and Loo

LOT-EK Wins AIA New York Chapter’s Design Award 2011 for APAP Shipping Container Art School

Shipping Container Art School in Korea by LOT-EK

In case you couldn’t get enough shipping container architecture today, LOT-EK recently unveiled plans for an art school built from eight shipping containers in Korea. Situated along the

Puma City Shipping Container Store Pops Up in NYC

photo credit: SampleSaleShop.com In honor of the World Cup, Puma has set up shop at South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan with a shipping container installation designed by LOT-EK. Our friends at PSFK

Puma City Shipping Container Store Comes to Boston’s Fan Pier

When we first heard about Puma City, the tri-level, 11,000-square-foot retail store and event space made of 24 refurbished shipping containers, we were intrigued by the popular sportswear brand’s

PREFAB FRIDAY: LOT-EK Container Home Kit (CHK)

We’ve raved about Lot-Ek before for their ingenious conversions of industrial shipping containers into inhabitable modern spaces. And with their Container Home Kit (CHK) project, they’re

VIDEO: Shipping-Container Homes from Lot-ek

Anyone who reads Inhabitat with regularity knows we love shipping-container architecture, and are big fans of the creative NYC architecture firm Lot-ek. We’ve raved about their Recycled Airplane

LOT-EK’S RECYCLED AIRPLANE LIBRARY

Move out of the way shipping containers… there’s a new kid on the block: airplane fuselages. New York’s urban architect recyclers, LOT-EK, have recently designed a library in Guadalajara