Everyday, you there’s a good chance that you drive past a shipping container and don’t even notice it. Well, the shipping containers in these 8 homes will be sure to catch your eye and make your head turn.
What were once standard boxes that travelled around the world is have now been converted into a stylish, modern container homes.
2. 8 Great Container Homes
Everyday, you there’s a good chance that you drive past
a shipping container and don’t even notice it. Well, the
shipping containers in these 8 homes will be sure to
catch your eye and make your head turn.
What were once standard boxes that travelled around
the world is have now been converted into a stylish,
modern container homes.
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3. Ste. Adele, Que – IdeaKit Home
Name: Idekit Homes
Location: Quebec, Canada
Units: 3x 40’ shipping containers
Size: 1,200 sq ft.
Website: http://em2espacemobile.com/
Estimated Cost: $99,000
Description: The model home is functional and
welcoming. By setting the bathroom with its
modified vessel sink and all-glass shower in
the centre of the home, the other rooms can
take full advantage of glazing opportunities on
the exterior walls. The two bedrooms at the
rear of the home, for example, have full patio
doors that could lead to a large deck, while
the living/dining area has floor to ceiling
windows on three sides.
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4. Shipping Container House / Studio H:T
Name: Shipping Container House / Studio H:T
Location: Nederland, Colorado
Units: 2x 40’ shipping containers
Size: 1,517 sqft
Website: http://www.studioht.com/
Description: Completed in 2010, the 1,517
square foot container home in Nederland,
Colorado is a two story living space book
ended by two shipping containers. Designed
to incorporate the natural beauty of the Rocky
Mountain, the home is designed to be
completely off grid. It’s powered by a
combination of solar orientation, passive
cooling, a green roof, wood pellet stove
heaving, and photovoltaic /solar panels.
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5. The Beach Box, Amagansett, NY
Name: The Beach Box
Location: Amagansett, NY
Units: 6x 40’ shipping containers
Size: 1,517 sqft
Estimated Cost: $1.395 million
Website: http://www.beachboxit.com/
Description: The Beach Box is the answer to
sustainable living and development. This
luxury modern beach home was constructed
in modular units from re-purposed steel
shipping containers. By employing these
methods of fabrication and construction we
have dramatically reduced our carbon
footprint and created for you a home that is
safer, stronger and more environmentally
friendly.
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6. Manifesto House, Spain
Name: Manifesto House
Location: Madrid, Spain
Units: 2x 40’, 2x 20’ shipping containers
Estimated Cost: $118,000
Website: http://infiniski.com/
Description: Quick, inexpensive and green
contemporary casas can indeed be good-looking. In
addition to being constructed from 85% recycled,
reused and non-polluting materials, the bioclimatic
and modular design of Manifesto House
incorporates alternative energy systems. We think it
looks like the perfect spot to kick back, relax and
have a couple of cervezas all the while keeping our
eco-footprints at a bare minimum.
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7. Six Oaks, Santa Cruz
Name: Six Oaks
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Units: 4x 40’ shipping containers
Estimated Cost: $118,000
Size: 1,200 sq ft.
Website: http://www.modulus.com/
Description: The shipping containers were cut
into sections for the mountain road transport,
and were assembled to form a 2 story house. The
house has 1 full bedroom, a sleeping nook with
bunk beds, 1 ½ bathrooms, and an outdoor
shower. There is a skylight installed in the second
floor that allows the natural sun light to light up
the container house. Additionally, a creative
metal grate has been installed on the second
story floor that allows the light to shine through
to the first floor.
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8. Desert Container House, Mojave Desert
Name: Desert Container House
Location: Joshua Tree, California
Units: 6x 40’ shipping containers
Estimated Cost: $200/square foot
Size: 2,300 sq ft.
Website: http://ecotechdesign.com
Description: The desert compound has 2,300
square feet with one bedroom, one-and-a-half
bathrooms, and a studio. It was built like a kit
house with prefabricated . The home, also
known as The Tim Palen Studio at Shadow
Mountain, was built with re-purposed shipping
containers and some impressive green elements
such as a steel shade system, a living roof, and a
10,000 gallon water storage tank.
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9. Cordell House, Houston TX
Name: The Cordell House
Location: Houston, TX
Units: 3x 40’, 1x 20’ shipping containers
Estimated Cost: $200/square foot
Size: 1,583 sq ft.
Website: http://numendevelopment.com/
Description: The large units house the bedrooms
and living rooms of the home, while the 20′ unit is
dedicated as a kitchen. These pieces were fused
on a 5,000 square foot lot, taking up 1,858 square
feet for the living space itself.
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10. Redondo Beach Container House
Name: Redondo Beach Container House
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Units: 8x 40’ shipping containers
Estimated Cost: $125/square foot
Size: 1,583 sq ft.
Website: http://logicalhomes.com /
Description: This luxurious home in Redondo
Beach, California makes a bold statement. The
beachfront residence was constructed by
DeMaria Design and Logical Homes using eight
prefabricated, recycled shipping containers,
one of which even functions as a swimming
pool.
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11. Where to Buy Shipping Containers
If you’re in the market for new or used
shipping containers, no matter if you’re
converting them into a high end modern
home, or using them for storage on your
ranch, farm, or commercial property,
ContainerAuction.com has new and used
shipping containers available around the
world.
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