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By Carolyn Cummins
Updated February 13 2016 - 12:13am, first published February 12 2016 - 11:45pm
A two-storey office building constructed completely out of shipping containers right down to its lift shaft is giving Australian businesses new inspiration for creating funky, versatile working spaces.
A two-storey office building constructed completely out of shipping containers right down to its lift shaft is giving Australian businesses new inspiration for creating funky, versatile working spaces.

A new way of using old shipping containers has emerged by turning them into offices. Located at the DEXUS-managed industrial estate, Quarry at Greystanes, the area's first container office features six 40-foot custom-modified units from the large supplier of shipping containers, Royal Wolf. Benjamin Lowry, business development manager for Royal Wolf, said the modular container concept offers a strong and durable solution for commercial office spaces. "We worked with commercial building contractors Prime Construction to design and deliver the transformed containers which will serve as three contemporary offices, a boardroom, a modern  cafe and the company's first ever vertical lift shaft," he said. DEXUS​ general manager, industrial development, Chris MacKenzie, said the use of shipping containers at Quarry at Greystanes provides a sustainable design solution that adopts the industrial theme of the estate.

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