Used shipping containers are popping up all over as eco-friendly building materials. Since framing can be one of the costliest parts of many construction projects, the shipping container offers more than just a green building solution - it helps save money by providing what's essentially a prefab structure for architects and contractors to work with.
These buildings are some of the most stunning and clever uses of shipping containers I've run across.
1. The 12 Container House
This house is actually up for rent at Architecture and Hygiene. Designed by Adam Kalkin, the 4000 square foot building features huge windows and radiant heating in the floors.
2. Espace Mobile
A shipping container home in the Australian countryside that's totally customizable!
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In the Phillipines they build multi story apt. bldgs. with shipping containers. They are pretty helter skelter looking with the stairways running around the outsides.
Oooh I’d love to see a picture!
i can’t imagine how to build this house by shipping containers. It’s look better normal house and It’s modern.
These are fantastic, the 12 container house has got me thinking…. In NZ we have had some experience ( as a nation) with the concept of re-using old shipping containers…. we have begun accomodating prisoners ( from jail ) in 2 man units constructed from shipping containers. As in the article, the beauty is the modular design and the portability which allows them to be created off-site and stacked in -situ on delivery. The units themselves offer a high standard of living… fully lined, insulated, heated floors and heat pumps to maintain temperatures, double glazed safety windows ( no bars ), a small sink/kitchen and a semi-private toilet area. They cost around $40,000 NZD all up and, personally, I think the idea is a good one…. it means we no longer have to build great concrete structures that blight our landscape… these units can be moved and re-connecetd nearly anywhere, all that is required is a power supply and water in/out…. perhaps the government should look at this idea as a form of low cost, subsidisable housing for low income families? I also think that a stock of these units on hand would be invaluable in the event of a natural disaster… particularly as the units are mobile and could be moved quickly and easily to where they are needed..
I love the idea of low-income housing built from shipping containers!
I love the idea of low-income housing built from shipping containers!
I have not stopped mavelling at the magnificence of container buildings and i want to do this for the rest of my life in places like Africa where resources are inadequate for d building of descent homes. I am an environmental scientist with a far reaching desire to pursue green architecture as a primary career. I will be glad to hear from you or anyone on opportunities and institutions (especially in the United States) that can help me achieve my aspirations