Shipping containers are quickly becoming a trendy building material ... ordering station and storage, and a 20-footer that houses restrooms and an office –are now clad in Hardie Board ...

A landowner has been refused permission to install a 40ft shipping container at Goring Gap ... included provisions for a "temporary storage container" to store items used during leisure activities.

Seth Dubinick of KC Contractors loves browsing social media and the internet in search of new building trends.

"I think the success isn't just down to the shipping containers, it's the businesses inside them, and their independent spirit. "We're going to find them a new permanent home, in a real building ...