![Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel, in Treboutice, Czech Republic, and they named it that as it's made from shipping containers.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shipping-container-architecture-hotel-270417-1210-01-800x431.jpg)
Photography by Michal Hurych
Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel (because it’s made from shipping containers), in Treboutice, Czech Republic.
![Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel, in Treboutice, Czech Republic, and they named it that as it's made from shipping containers.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/architecture-hotel-270417-1210-02-800x1388.jpg)
Photography by Michal Hurych
Designed to be easily movable, the seasonal hotel had its first location on a surf campsite alongside the Elbe riverbank.
![Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel, in Treboutice, Czech Republic, and they named it that as it's made from shipping containers.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/architecture-hotel-270417-1210-03-800x993.jpg)
Photography by Michal Hurych
Made from three shipping containers, it was completed in just four months with a total of five rooms and able to accommodate 13 guests.
![Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel, in Treboutice, Czech Republic, and they named it that as it's made from shipping containers.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/architecture-hotel-270417-1210-04-800x1414.jpg)
Photography by Michal Hurych
Upstairs, there are four rooms accessed through a shared terrace. All the rooms have one large floor-to-ceiling window, so that despite the small size of the rooms, they still feel airy and have views of the surrounding area.
![Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel, in Treboutice, Czech Republic, and they named it that as it's made from shipping containers.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/architecture-hotel-270417-1210-05-800x952.jpg)
Photography by Michal Hurych
Inside the rooms, the walls and ceilings are finished in birch plywood, as is all of the custom designed furniture.
![Artikul Architects have designed this small boutique hotel named ContainHotel, in Treboutice, Czech Republic, and they named it that as it's made from shipping containers.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/architecture-hotel-270417-1210-06-800x805.jpg)
Photography by Michal Hurych
When it gets hot in the summer, an awning is attached above rooms and the facades are covered with waste wood planks from a nearby sawmill to block the direct sun.
![These rooms in a shipping container hotel have walls and ceilings made from plywood.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/architecture-hotel-270417-1210-07-800x526.jpg)
Photography by Michal Hurych
The lower level of the hotel is home to one four-bed guest room, as well as the bathroom facilities, a technical room and a storeroom.
![In this boutique shipping container hotel, there's a room with custom plywood bunk beds for four people.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/architecture-hotel-270417-1210-08-800x365.jpg)
Photography by Michal Hurych
The containers are placed only on railroad sleepers. Each container functions separately and are connected only to a local electric power source. The container with the bathroom facilities has an inbuilt water reservoir to supply showers and sinks, which are equipped with water-saving taps.
![This boutique shipping container hotel has a bathroom with an all white shower.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/architecture-hotel-270417-1210-09-800x1726.jpg)