More and more people are building homes out of shipping containers these days. This exciting new construction is creative, unique and affordable. Used shipping containers are easy to buy and there price ranges around $2,000 to $4,500 per container. Shipping container home design look sleek and modern. However, some people think they look utilitarian and too industrial. They can be very off-putting to some people, depending on their taste. Architects and design firms are doing amazing things with shipping container home design, though. There are many eye-catching and breath-taking homes out there created from these materials. When complete, some don’t even appear to be shipping container homes at all.
Read on to learn about a few luxury shipping container homes from around the world. You will be amazed. Anyone would love a chance to live in one of these unique homes, regardless of their architectural tastes.
Seven Luxury Shipping Container Homes
These seven homes are incredible. In the construction of some, it’s obvious and clear where and how the shipping containers have been used. In others, it is a bit more mysterious.
Either way, these buildings are exciting, different and one-of-a-kind. They are unforgettable and are very special to the people who call each of them home.
PV14
This home is located in the Old Lake Highlands neighborhood of Dallas. The owners reached out to M Gooden Design to help them create their dream home. One of them is an architect so it is no surprise that they decided to go for this very different design. It was completed in 2014 and was M Gooden Design’s first shipping container project. This home is about 3,700 square feet of space broken into a number of rooms including three bedrooms, three and a half baths, a den, and an entertainment area.
The home also includes a two-car garage and storage area, and a large roof deck with a panoramic view. Designers tried to elevate the living areas as much as possible to improve the view and to shield the family from the street traffic below. This house is spacious and beautiful and really stands out in the neighborhood.
James Whitaker Studio Space
Although this building was designed to be a studio space for architect James Whitaker, however, it could easily be converted into a home. The use of shipping containers in this construction is bold and different.
Whitaker was inspired by the way that crystals grow when conceptualizing this structure, and that is visible in the finished design. Broad windows on the ends of each of the nine shipping containers are used inorder to invite lots of natural light and make the interior seem very open and airy.
Papuashivili Home
Georgian architect Dachi Papuashvili designed this concept which uses only two perpendicular shipping containers to create a striking structure. The two containers cross each other to provide an elevated home that would fit right in with the surrounding forest. Although this design looks somewhat like a Christian cross, the designer says that was not intentional. Rather, he designed it this way for function rather than form. Four stories would include an entryway on the first floor, a bathroom on the second, and living and storage space above. Decks are present on both the first and fourth floors. The designer’s choice of wood siding and wood interior covers the harsh metal exterior usually visible in shipping container designs.
Manifesto House
This home in Chile takes luxury shipping container homes to a whole new level. It was designed by architects James & Mau and is made of just three used maritime shipping containers. It is two levels and is just 1700 square feet, but it seems much larger both inside and out. The architects chose to raise this design off the ground to allow for a broad open living area on the bottom level. It is covered with sustainable wood and recycled pallets that can open and close to help cool or protect the home depending on different weather conditions.
Perhaps most impressive, both the interior and the exterior use up to 85% recycled, reused and eco-friendly materials, making this a home built with sustainability in mind.
Casa Incubo
This Costa Rican home designed by architect Maria Jose Trejos is very large for a home made of shipping containers. Clocking in at 4,305 square feet, this design uses shipping containers for exterior walls that are arranged around a central open area. The open area allows for excellent airflow and the entrance of lots of natural light. The shipping containers contain the bedrooms and other interior rooms.
Because shipping container designed homes can get quite warm in the tropical heat, bamboo screens and overhangs help to keep the space cool.
Flying Box Villa
This home was built to make the best use of space in a very small lot, and the architects surely succeeded. It was designed and created in France and looks quite different from the other homes in the neighborhood. it was built rapidly and was completed in only three months. There are three floors. The first floor includes a covered area for parking as well as a sewing studio and a laundry room.
The second and third floors include the main living spaces including bedrooms, a large open living room, and a kitchen. Most impressive is the open, landscaped terrace that runs the length of the building on the third floor. There is only 1300 square feet of indoor living space, but it is placed so perfectly that the residents have plenty of room.
WFH House
The WFH home is located in China but it is quite similar to the Flying Box Villa above. Although it is not elevated, it has the same sloping roof that creates wide-open spaces for living even where shipping containers are not being used in the design.
This home is slightly larger though and is almost 2,000 square feet inside. The designers incorporated Nordic design principles in the creation of this one by using sustainable materials, open, flexible spaces, and lots of light. It is clean, sleek and geometrically inspired and is a wonderful four-bedroom home for the family that lives in it.
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These luxury shipping container homes are amazing and inspiring. Hopefully, they have given you a lot to think about. In this realm, the possibilities are truly endless!
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