Shipping container homes seem like a no-brainer. Approximately 30 million steel shipping containers are in existence, filled and floating, or standing empty in a port. 8 feet wide by 8.5 feet high, and either 20 or 40 feet long, the steel shipping container has been the globally standardized transportation module since 1956.
将空集装箱运回原产地的成本很高,因此这些集装箱经常闲置在港口。如果住在集装箱丰富的港口附近,那么将钢铁集装箱运输到当地建筑工地所需的能源将比远离港口的内陆地区低。2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率
But buyer beware, as that used container might have been sprayed with insecticides or fungicides inside, and coated with lead or heavy metal paints on the outside. Here’s a look at some of our favorite shipping container homes across the world.
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1. Shipping Container Guest House, San Antonio
Poteet Architects’client lives in a small warehouse on a former industrial site just outside of San Antonio, Texas. The newly installed shipping container guesthouse is fitted with a bathroom and one side is used as a garden shed.
Container house withgreen roofby Poteet Architects.
2. The Savannah Project
Container Home,“The Savanah Project’,Georgia. Two 40-foot containers, pricestreetprojects.com
3. Off-The-Grid Shipping Container Home in Nederland, Colorado
Two shipping containers surround a taller common space inNederland, Colorado.集装箱容纳了睡眠和工作区域,而中心空间则容纳了餐厅、起居室和上方的阁楼。该项目使用太阳能定向、被动冷却、绿色屋顶、颗粒炉加热和光伏发电。The house was designed by Brad Tomecek fromTmecek Studio Architecture.
4. Triple Shipping Container Home
Three shipping containers with a common area between (see below). Note the green roof. Architects:Arcgency.Manufacturer:worldFLEXhome.Area: 180.0 sqm. Year: 2012.
Shipping container home, as above. Lots more great photos here(modern, open interior!)
5. Store Made Of Containers
This container building is used as a shopping center. The colorful exterior creates a fun, yet modernized style.
6. Rustic Minnesota Container Home
Two twenty-foot shipping containers were purchased at $800 each to create a cabin complete with kitchen, dining room, living room with a wood-burning stove, laundry room and two queen beds. The two cabins are connected by a middle section loft and roof made out of “(3) 4 1/2″ X 11 1/4″ fir beams made up of (3) 2X12’s thru bolted and glued” and a glass door entrance. The cabin is partially powered by solar power arrays and connected to a rainwater cistern, making this building an ecologically-sustainable vacation home.Hive Modularconstructed this cozy cabin.
The Best Shipping Containers For Sale Right Now
- 40ft Shipping Storage Container Conex Box: $1,650The container is in California but can be shipped anywhere in the U.S. If you buy this you’re covered by eBay’s money-back guarantee.
- Achi Modularalso offers a free quote for your own house design.
- Industrial Shipping Containers for Sale on ebay
- Click here to search ebay for “Shipping Containers”
7. Shipping Container Home in Ottawa, Canada
This building showcased by Idekit Homes was built by EM2ESpaceMobile. Originally found at “em2espacemobile.com”
8. Container Home And Photography Studio, San Jose, Costa Rica
Eight containers surround a double-height glass atrium. This magnificent structure was built byMaria Jose Trejos.
9. Ancient Foundation, New Container Home
在葡萄牙,一个木制的集装箱坐落在现有的石头地基上。This wonderful photograph is provided byArch Dailyand provided of a member fromArquitectos Anonimos.
The Boxed Haus Two-Story Shipping Container Home
This 1.5-container home is quite narrow, but has a full kitchen with stove, sink, and cabinet space. The bathroom is fully tiled and includes a sink, toilet, and shower. The bedroom is accessible through a pull down ladder to the second floor, and has room for a queen-sized bed. A sliding glass door in the bedroom leads to a small deck.
10. Swedish Shipping Container Sauna
Sauna with built-in wood storage by WRB, Sweden. This addition to the “H-House” was built byArkitektStudio Widjedal Racki。
11. Maison Conteneur – Container House
Collections Dubreuil did a fantastic job using hemlock on the exterior. The design turns the container house into a modern home. Originally found at collectionsdubreuil.com
12. Quad-Container Home
The Cross Box,France, comprised of 4 x 40′ shipping containers, accommodation totals 1280 sq ft. This building was constructed byCG Achitectes.
Inside A $50,000 Container Tiny Home
Walker Wilderness Enterprises in suburban Denver offers this container home for $50K. The video shoes the overall plan plus the interior of the house. It includes a storage nook, a (very, very narrow) shower, along with a sink and composting toilet. The door to the bathroom slides along an iron bar.
在厨房里,一个木制台面包括一个顶部安装的水槽。厨房的储物架是支架上的简单架子。其他存储空间由房子周围的钩子提供。房子的一侧有三扇窄窗,另一侧有一扇稍大一些的“观景窗”。外墙漆成灰色,门是红色的。Originally found at walkerwilderness.com
13. New York Container Home
Shipping container home, in NY, designed byTim Steele Design. The building is made of two forty-foot long containers that sit on a twenty-foot container.
14. Container ‘Quik’ House, New Jersey
Two, three-container-wide 2000 sq foot homes. Constructed by the workers at KOOP Architecture + Media. Originally found at koop.am
15. Simple Container Home
This home was built in 2016, using greenery to soften the homes appearance.
16. Containers of Hope, Costa Rica
The roof between the two salvaged containers is made from the scrap pieces of metal cut out to make the windows. The central roof creates a feeling of openness and provides cross-ventilation which is surprisingly sufficient enough to never have to turn the air conditioning on. Cost $40,000. The building was created byBenjamin Garcia Saxe.
17. New Jerusalem Orphanage, South Africa
28个捐赠的集装箱被用来创建新耶路撒冷孤儿院,一个充满活力的南非儿童的集装箱之家。Designed by4D and A Architects,the building will be able to house 80 orphans asdiscussed by Inhabitat.
18. Modern Container Home
This container home was built in Japan, using plants to soften the harsh exterior of the building.Living In Container说明该建筑将美学与现代风格相结合。2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率
Inside A Container Construction Workshop
Visit Container-Topia, in the East Bay Area, where artists and construction experts work 24-7 on different container home ideas. The workshop is about 20,000 square feet. The leader of the workshop points out that when building a tiny house, you can use materials that would be prohibitively expensive in a larger house. For example, the house he is working on has a tin ceiling, bamboo flooring, and wood paneling.
The platform for the futon bed also functions as a standing desk—he’s going to build a screen that can be raised or lowered to close off the bedroom area. A projector built into the ceiling will project TV/movies/video games onto the screen. The plumbing will work with a 200-gallon tank, similar to an RV.
The house will be heated with electricity, provided by a solar panel on the roof—though it will be a hybrid system that you can plug into the grid. He puts the price at $10K in materials and about 150 hours of labor—he’d sell it for around $28,000.
19. Mobile Dwelling Unit
这个集装箱住宅融入了弹出元素,从40英尺长,8英尺宽的家庭核心,手风琴风格。当房子在运输途中时,厨房、浴室、阅读角、床、桌子、沙发和存储空间等元素都会折回它们的槽中。请看下面的图片。
The Mobile Dwelling Unit by LOT-EK. The MDU was originally conceived for people constantly moving around the globe. The MDU travels with its dweller to the next long-term destination, fitted with all live/work equipment and filled with the dweller’s belongings. Originally found at lot-ek.com/filter/residential/MDU-Mobile-Dwelling-Unit
20. The Manifesto House
Constructed from 85 percent recycled, reused andnonpolluting materialsfor $118,000, in fewer than 90 days. Two 40-foot shipping containers and two 20-foot shipping containers sided with painted wooden pallets.
宣言住宅由建筑师James & Mau设计,位于智利库拉卡维。Originally found at jamesandmau.com/en/#/proyectos
21. Karuna Passive House
This building byHammer & Handwas created to meet the sustainable needs of the home-owner. Including a design that optimizes solar energy and meets the criteria as a “passive house.”
22. Unique Dusseldorf Design #1
TheNRW-Forum Düsseldorfinvited renowned architects, designers, and artists from around the world to submit existing and new designs forcontainer architecture. These pictures for the Dusseldorf Designs can be found onDesignBoomorYatzer.
23. Unique Dusseldorf Design #2
Thisshipping container bridgeshowcases one of many uses for containers.
24. Unique Dusseldorf Design #3
The intricacy of thiscontainer structureis admirable, even if it isn’t a home.
Tips For Buying A Used Shipping Container
The folks atBigSteelBoxoffer tips on buying shipping containers for a shipping container home. You want a used shipping container to be, at a minimum, wind, water, and rodent-proof. Their first suggestion is to check the door seals to make sure they are intact, both at the hinges and all along the edge of the door.
Next, look for surface rust. Some is okay, but any deep rust can turn into holes and compromise the structural integrity of the container. Make sure that the door handles work, and that the doors open easily. Finally, go inside the box, shut the door, and look for signs of light coming through the walls or ceiling. They point out: “If light can get in, water can get in.”
25. Unique Dusseldorf Design #4
Thiscontainer buildingcombines the practical use of shipping containers with whimsy.
26. Container City, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London.
Container Citydid a spectacular job constructing this intricate building.
Container City,London. Short-life sites can have Container Cities that simply unbolt and can be relocated or stored when land is required for alternative uses. To date this alternative method of construction has successfully created youth centers, classrooms, office space, artists studios, live / work space and retail space.
27. Container House In Lille
This home was built in Lille, France. The large windows maximize the amount of sunlight the homeowners can use each day.
28. Sugoroku Office, Gifu, Japan
Daiken-Met Architectsconstructed this 3-story building as a studio.archisearch.gr
29. Keerwogen—The World’s Largest Container City
Keetwonenis the largest container city in the world (1000 units) and is the second-most-popular student dormitory offered by the student housing corporation “De Key” in Amsterdam. Each unit is soundproof and has its own bathroom, kitchen and balcony. See more container projects at:tempohousing.com
30. Renault Visitor Center
Renault’s movable welcoming pavilionin France, provides visitors with information about the automotive manufacturer’s history. The structure is made of 15 colorful shipping containers of two different lengths, 12-meter long and 6-meter long units.
The Entire Shipping Container Home Construction Process
Australian Paul Chambers starting building a container home for a weekend retreat in the mountains. Now he and his wife live there full-time, as an ongoing project in sustainable living. This video is the “trailer” for his YouTube channel, which has more than 150 videos showing all parts of the shipping home construction process.
保罗在没有任何施工经验的情况下开始了这个项目,他浇筑了地基,建了一个没有水系统的淋浴房,建了一个太阳能电池板阵列,在一个自制的池塘里养鸭,还建了一个自给自足的水系统集水系统。看看如何生活在“离网,可持续的奢侈”。
31. Tony’s Organic Farm, Shanghai
集装箱建筑。2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率Tony’s Farmis an organic farm packing station, visitor center, hotel, and office building in one.
The construction was undertaken byPlayze Architect.
32. Shipping Container Starbucks
Repurposed shipping container drive-thru for Starbucks in Tukwila, Washington. Although drive-thrus are not green, Anthony Perez, global store design senior manager for Starbucks says the‘reclamation drive-thruwas inspired by a desire to help keep items used throughout our supply chain, like old shipping containers, out of the waste stream.’ Lots more great pics:businessinsider.com
33. Black Shipping Container Office
加拿大的巨型集装箱销售公司为家庭和花园电视项目制作了这个海运集装箱办公室。内部有足够的空间放置沙发和书桌,在后面似乎有额外的存储空间。更多项目请访问giantcontainersales.com。Photos byGlasshaus Living.
Shipping Containers For Sale
- EBay: You can usually find shipping containers and prefab shipping container homes for sale on eBay. Arranging shipping will be up to you.
- Cube Depotsells shipping containers from 10 to 50 feet long. They have locations in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, and Houston areas, but you can use their site to search for shipping containers anywhere.
- Meka World, founded by architects and engineers in Toronto, builds custom pre-fabricated homes that are the size of shipping containers, so they can be delivered worldwide.
Shipping Container Resources & Home Plans
- Using Shipping Containers for Emergency Shelters– Info on using shipping containers for emergency shelters.
- Casa Durooffers 7 shipping container home plans for sale, from a 320-square-foot micro cottage to a three-story condo. These are complete blueprints that you could submit to your local government to get a building permit.
- Off Grid Worldhave created six container home design concepts. They are just basic drawings, not full plans that you could build from.
Shipping Containers As Emergency Shelters
If you aren’t sure about the full shipping container home route, consider a shipping container as the skeleton for an emergency or bug-out shelter. A shipping container is a low-cost start to a functional shelter—one that would give you the peace of mind of a place for your family to goin case of a natural disasteror another emergency.
Other Shipping Container Projects
- CIMC Modular Building Systems imported shipping containers from China – complete with bathrooms, plastering and air conditioning units – then stacked them into a 300-room Travelodge hotel near Heathrow Airport in just three weeks.
- SG Blocks创建自定义建筑从容器-像星巴克2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率上面提到的容器。他们与建筑师和房主合作,他们可以在现场建造,也可以在现场建造,然后把建筑运到你那里打地基。2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率
TheMSC Oscar, christened in January 2015, is the largest container ship in the world. It can carry 19,224 shipping containers. It does not look like containers are going away anytime soon.
Do you have photos of your shipping container house project you’re willing to share?Let us knowand we will add them to this page.
David Chengsays
We have containers available forsale in Texas at very good prices. Can be transported within the states and Canada.
David Cheng
Email:dcandeinc@gmail.com
Pilar Rochasays
Hola, quiero saber si dichos contenedores pueden ser enviados a México, y que costo tienen, de antermano gracias.
Samuel Bsays
Love your container homes and was wondering if I could get some more pictures to look at it.
Cheers!
Goodmansays
I have a 5container home idea and would like to have it built….. I’m in south africa ….. how possible is it to have it build….( 3xground floor and 2 x containers ontop.with a 3sided balcony….
Brycesays
Hello everyone,
My firm Precision Structural Engineering, works with many different shipping container architects and builders. We have structurally engineered many different projects. If you would like more information, please feel free to send an email to Bryce atmt2@structure1.comor check out our website athttp://www.structure1.com.
Richardsays
Hello,
I am interested in buying containers in Europe.
Can you send me info. tolavisionstatue@yahoo.ca
Thanks,
Richard
Kiran Taylorsays
Please forward my email to the person who may be able to help me and discuss in detail my upcoming project and direct me the correct way. I am interested in Shipping Container Custom Home.
Rgds,
Kiran
Dan Sokolsays
My company converts shipping containers for a variety of applications. Micro Homes, Warehouses, AirBnB Rentals, In-Law Suites, etc. I’m seeking projects in the Dallas – Austin corridor. A few examples can be seen athttp://www.leedcontainers.com
Becky Mariesays
Dan
I am in your area and have some containers for sale, they are in great condition and have never transported chemicals so are safe for human habitation. Call me 281-259-8550 ask for Becky.
stonesays
the container house is very advance method for the living.except the shipping container house.There is another kind with could be flat pack into the shipping containers.so it very easy to transport.If you want to lean more,vist the website:www.flatpackcontainerhouse.com
totesays
what the different between container homes and track homes ?
tomsays
Hi, we build luxury container homes for Canada and the USA
http://www.hillgrace.co.uk
Beverlysays
contact us first, the number one plant in the worldabevcole@gmail.com
George Galve Asturiassays
Exepcionalment…! a container is a living prof of life…!
Not only was design for transportation of thousand of products, NOW is bean used as
HOME ! we living and enjoy it…! this e-mail is the practical example what people from around the world do with CONTAINERS..! Je sui a Container..!
Helenasays
Hi there! Is this a thing in Canada!? I live in a small town and am highly interested in these homes. Have many questions.
Thanks,
Helena
Diegosays
Hi, I was wondering if you could build this home in the state of Utah. Please contact me.
Jade Brunetsays
Thank you for this interesting article about reusing shipping containers as houses. I find that this is very creative and a good way to help the environment. I think that these containers could actually be used for a lot of things. Have you ever heard of one being transformed into a swimming pool?
Kane Jamisonsays
嗯,这对我来说是第一次。如果你想把它用在地下,也许可以,但可能有更好的方法来创建游泳池的侧面。在地面上,容器无法承受这种压力,我认为这不是一个好主意。也许可以试试一些天然游泳池的主意?=)//m.emmstar.com/blog/natural-pools-swimming-ponds/
Kim Purnellsays
You may not be interested in assisting me with this request however allow me to ask. I’m purchasing a 40″ Cargo Container for use as a “Basic Shed” with no modifications (at this time). The city of Palm Bay FL will consider containers as “sheds” provided I can provide them with either: 1) 2 copies of manufactures plans and specification with design loads to include wind load (signed and sealed by a FL registered architect or engineer) 2) a pre-manufactured structure, a copy of the approved plans stamped by the Dept of Community Affairs (DCA) is required. Any chance you can accommodate for a fee?
Kim Purnell
898 Glendale Ave.
Palm Bay, FL 32907
321-729-0138
kpurnell@outlook.com
Lyall Hutchinsonsays
I am looking for 20 ft HC containers in new or 1 time use condition to be shipped to Costa Rica
Salatin Asays
hi. where you located? do you build multy family container home SK. Canada
Please send me some pictures
Ultrabox Canadasays
Beautiful houses and excellent ideas! 7, 17 and 33 are my favorites!
Maggiesays
Hello,
We have some 20′ used, 40HC used and 20′ new container in Dallas, do you need any?
Regards
Maggie
John Smithsays
Excellent information on Portable Storage Containers and the storage industry overall.
We also rent and sell portable storage containers in Saskatoon. Check us out.
Nevadasays
Need a shipping container home builder in San Antonio, TX, area. Any contact information would be welcome, please and thank you.
Candice Eisenhowersays
I find it fascinating to learn that shipping containers can have so many uses in a person’s day-to-day living by using it as a home and an office, just like what you shared in your third photo. Not only that we’re being resourceful and friendly to the environment, but we’re also coming up with unique and innovative creations that are different from what we normally see. One of the things that I’m looking to have for myself is a unique retreat house away from the city life and seeing how a shipping container would look like when built in a home seems like a perfect fit from what I want to have. Once I have the funds to get one, I’ll be calling a reputable contractor to secure me with a shipping container and modify to a retreat home that I love.
Phillips Geraldsays
谢谢你分享这些信息。我已经联系了Miguelherrera,他们在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥有大量的房屋和房产出售,价格非常合理。我很高兴能和他们交流。
Kirk Nugentsays
Container homes are really nice and I live in one myself. The thing is living in one may seem great now, but few years down the line, you may find that the novelty wears off. So before you put the money down into building one, you really need to be 100% sure you’re gonna be pleased with your potential living situation.
Sure, a container home is a smart, eco-friendly alternative to living in a traditional home, after a while however, you may find yourself hankering for the comforts of the latter. If you’re 100% set on it, then awesome. Don’t forget to take into account your space requirements before commencing with construction.
If you have a large family, or you’re simply interested in having a lot of individual rooms, you’ll likely need multiple shipping containers, which means a ton more work and customization compared to a house made out of a single cargo container. They are many other considerations of course.
就我个人而言,我非常喜欢住在集装箱房子里。一般来说,集装箱住宅价格低廉、效率高,而且其环保结构使其成为真正独特的居住场所。
尽管如此,就像所有重大项目一样,预测可能会阻碍你的每一个障碍也是绝对重要的。So be sure to plan ahead to ensure that your shipping container home project gets done right.