Sentence examples for made of shipping from inspiring English sources

The barges, four stories tall and made of shipping containers, were hiding in plain sight until last month, when a Cnet reporter uncovered their cloaked connection to Google.

(Some storage facilities I visited in California are, in fact, made of shipping containers, which became surplus goods themselves as our trade deficit grew).

Not far from the Nooderlicht is Pllek (NDSM; 31-6-49-386-338; pllek.nl), a chill-out standon and vegan-focused cafe made of shipping containers, sand and repurposed boats that recently opened on the IJ.

It's a particularly Dutch idea – the lack of affordable housing in Amsterdam has meant local students have been living in homes made of shipping containers for years – but now it's becoming a huge hit with international travellers.

"They run the risk of becoming mere pretty pictures," Artforum noted in 2002, citing a series he once made of shipping containers stacked, like colorful blocks, in a shipyard.

Source: Techcrunch.com 3. 'Pay what you like' hotels made from concrete tubes So far this year we've witnessed malls made of shipping containers, but even they seem traditional compared to Das Park Hotel, in the heart of the Germany's industrial Ruhr region.

There are just enough mounted fish on the walls and chandeliers made of ships wheels and lanterns to set the mood.

There's also a bench, Donald Judd-style, made of recycled shipping pallets.

Several giant constructions made of cardboard shipping boxes and slabs of blue Styrofoam suggest children's forts, while also representing letters (there's a "J," an "L," and an "E").

In fact, manufacturers and wood importers said the disputed furniture was often made of wood shipped from the United States.

According to Herodotus, the bridge was made of 676 ships stationed in two parallel rows with their keels in the direction of the current.