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 […]

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 […]