If so far we’ve seen homes constructed in a less practiced manner, this model by Ecotech Design brings the shipping container container house to another level. Located in the Mojave Desert, the one bedroom, one-and-a-half bathroom home has 2,300 square feet and is made from six containers.
Custom Container Living specializes in building structures out of 20′ and quarenta′ shipping containers, designed to serve a variety of purposes. They can be used as offices, guest houses, dorm rooms or as fishing and hunting cabins. Each container home is custom-built to specifically suit each client’s needs and requirements.
Open-space architecture is seemingly becoming more and popular, but one rarely sees it in pre-fabricated homes. However, Adam Kalkin’s take on spatial living makes use of 12 shipping containers and a glazed glass structure to give the residence a direct connection to the great outdoors.
The foundation of the structure utilizes a bevy of recycled telephone poles, while the flooring and wall coverings feature repurposed bamboo. The roof of the navy-blue crate even offers garden space — making it more than just a place for storing tools and housing people passing through.
The idea behind this project was t combine the offline and em linha environments to give the media content more currency without having to build a museum or a movie theatre. Now it is easy to understand why they chose shipping containers. From the outside, visit site the facility looks casual, like a stationary truck painted colorfully.
Set it on the ground and then the walls of the container unit rise up like wings with a built in crane to create a large butterfly roof. Inside, panels are inserted to create doors and windows.
Backcountry containers All their homes are insulated and include AC and heating units, plumbing, and wiring. Also, each home is equipped for hookup up to city drainage or to greywater and blackwater tanks for off grid living.
There are a lot of ways to make your shipping containers look good. And that includes encasing them in wood or glass, depending on the look you’re going for. Many like to simply paint them though. The beauty of modern shipping container homes is that they can look however you like.
Because everyone’s style is individual, customized pieces with a high-end look are what we're always after.
Our build to order approach enables us to provide you with a wide range of flexibility on the floor plan, the finishes and the furniture. Each Container Living Space is customized to meet your specific design and style preferences.
Six Oaks residence by Modulus sits in a redwood forest with 1,200 square feet (111 sq m) of space and the preserved original exterior of the six shipping containers left intact. The house includes glass inclusions here and there to illuminate the house.
Another impressive project comes from Brazilian Architect MarcioKogan. This maritime shipping container home was born from the idea of using industrial elements that can be easily assembled in a very short period of time.
 A layer of grass over the top of the containers helps insulate the residence, and sliding glass doors and porthole windows let in plenty of light.
Key features: Alberta-based Honomobo builds several different models of shipping container homes. Some—like the HO2 studio home—are smaller and feature an open living area and kitchen, with a separate bathroom, nook for a bed and work area, and large glass wall bringing in light from the front.