Coromandel Container

Coromandel Container

Coromandel Peninsula NZ  –  Crosson Clark Carnachan Architects Year built:     2002 Photography:     Patrick Reynolds When is a container not a container? When it uses the concept of the simplicity and security that a container offers, but is custom built. CCCA definitely rank ‘way up there’ in the list of the world’s […]

Casa El Tiamblo

Casa El Tiamblo

El tremble Ávila, Spain  –  James & Mau Arquitectura Built area: 129 m2  (1,390 sq. ft) Builder: Infinski Spain Year built: 2010 Photography: Pablo Sarabia Tens of thousands of containers arrive from China and other manufacturing nations every year.  Only 20% go back!  Without commenting on the balance of trade issues, that leaves an awful lot of containers […]

A simple two container home

Shipping containers can offer very affordable accommodation and are great for remote locations. Even though they are technically a box, they can be converted in an infinite number of ways. The owner’s plan is to build a cabin or shelter made from shipping containers. One which they can use during the weekend, but that should […]

31 Container Home in Brisbane

Brisbane  Australia  –  Ziegler Build Lot size:     760 m2  (8,200 sq. ft.) Built area:     460 m2  ( 5,000 sq. ft.)  approx. Year built:     2012 There is a common misconception that ‘container homes’ are something best kept out of suburbia, that container homes may be OK for some people but don’t […]

CrossBox

CrossBox France

Rennes, France  –  CG ARCHITECTES Built Area:   104 m2  (1,123 sq. ft.) + decks and carport Year Built:     2011 Take 4 x 40ft containers, strict French building codes, a heavy dose of imagination and a willing client.  Now mix them together and the result is the CrossBox. We don’t have any costs on […]

8 Shipping Container House in Lille

Lille, France – Patrick Partouche Area: 240m2 If you are a fan of container homes then you are going to like this house, which exhibits industrial beauty both inside and out!   This conversion project involves eight prefabricated shipping containers transported by truck and arranged with a crane. Each end of the shipping container was fitted with […]

Joseph Dupuis’s self-sufficient shipping container cabin built for just $20,000

Joseph Dupuis Shipping Container Cabin

Ottawa, Canada – Joseph Dupuis Floor Area: 355 sq. ft. Photography: Japhet Alvarez It may look like it’s simply a storage unit from the outside, but these three shipping containers enclose an impressive interior that might just suit your taste! Due to his desire to escape the city for a more peaceful and simpler environment, 29-year old engineer and renewable energy researcher Joseph […]

Three Containers + Imagination = Ample Space

Wuxi, China  –  Arcgency and World Flex Home Year Built: 2012 (completed) Area: 180 m2 but flexible  (1,944 sq. ft.) Materials: Shipping containers, bamboo, green roof There are tens, perhaps, hundreds of thousands of used, unwanted containers littering shipping ports all over the world.  There have been many container home concepts and quite a few built.  The major […]

The Container of Hope

Container of Hope by Ben Garcia Saxe

San Jose  Costa Rica  –  Ben Garcia Saxe Such a meaningful name!  The architect’s notes tell this story far better than we ever could: “Gabriela Calvo and Marco Peralta dreamed of living in their fantastic property outside of the city of San Jose, where they could be with their horses and enjoy the natural landscape […]

Mobile Dwelling Unit

Mobile Dwelling Unit by LOT-EK

New York, United States – LOT-EK Built area: 46 m2 (500 sq. ft.) Year built: 2003 Photography: Walker Art Center In recent years, ‘slide-out’ sections in mobile homes and caravans have become common place but 10 years ago the design team of  Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano developed this ground-breaking design… “One shipping container is transformed into a […]