Shipping Container

Shipping Container Home (Brisbane, Australia) Architect and designer Todd Miller didn’t just use a shipping container for this home—it appears like he used an entire shipping company, since it took 31 containers to build this industrial but inviting home, which features a massive graffiti mural on the back wall. Photo by ZieglerBuild

Mike McConkey, a superintendent for a general contractor, tasked Chris Bittner of OBR Architecture with designing an environmentally sensitive home for he and his wife in San Diego County. Utilizing three shipping containers and a bevy of cost-effective appliances, they managed to limit the budget to $160,000.

Tsai Design Studio turned a shipping container into a classroom located just outside of Cape Town, South Africa.

Maziar Behrooz designed this container studio set amid lush trees.

Studio H:T designed this shipping container home on Nederland, Colorado.

This three-bedroom home in Lille, France, is made up of eight stacked containers.