Container architecture

From preliminary guides, to lists of trusted companies, to exemplary floor plans, these resources will get you started on your own shipping container home.

Eco-friendly and affordable, this new trend has emerged as a fun way to experience repurposed shipping containers

Everybody deserves a home. And if that home is very affordable, made from recycled materials, and looks unique, that’s even more of a reason to move in! And don’t let the fact that you’ll be living in a shipping container get you down—that’s part of the appeal for some people.

Image 10 of 27 from gallery of Pop-up Campus Installation – Infitity 6 / Crossboundaries. Photograph by Yu Bai

Cargo containers get a second life on land in these high-design structures

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Image 29 of 38 from gallery of Container House / Marilia Pellegrini Arquitetura. Photograph by Ruy Teixeira

Everybody deserves a home. And if that home is very affordable, made from recycled materials, and looks unique, that’s even more of a reason to move in! And don’t let the fact that you’ll be living in a shipping container get you down—that’s part of the appeal for some people.

For this quick concept, the focus was on tackling the awkward interior space of a 40 foot ‘high cube’ shipping container. Angling the container lowered the roof in places and gave the rooms better proportions. The changes in level have been used to define the spaces. To maximise interior space super thin “va-Q-vip” vacuum insulated

Cumulus Studio has used shipping containers to create this lookout tower and wine-tasting space at a vineyard in Tasmania