Aether’s New San Francisco Store Takes Shipping Container Architecture to New Heights

The new retail store is composed of three efficiently stacked 8foot x 9.6foot x 40foot shipping containers.

The first two containers have been gutted to create a two-story retail space. The store also features reclaimed oak floors and was built by locally sourced contractors from the San Francisco area.

High-end clothing store Aether Apparel just launched its first standalone retail shop in San Francisco - and it's made from three recycled shipping containers stacked one atop another! The sophisticated building is the latest addition to PROXY, a temporary cargotecture development in Hayes Valley which already boasts a coffee shop, an ice-cream parlor and a Biergarten. Aether's towering shipping container store was designed by architects Envelope A&amp;D working in collaboration with Aether designer Thierry Gaugain, and it was fabricated by Chris French Metal....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/retail-addition-to-proxy-takes-shipping-container-architecture-to-new-heights/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

By staggering the second container, Envelope A &amp; D created a great glass cantilever which lets light in while creating the perfect display case for outside passersby.

The third container is used to store inventory and is fitted with a custom-designed drycleaner’s conveyor belt spanning the height of the store in order to get clothes in and out of storage in the most efficient way possible.