Using two 8′ by 40′ shipping containers, placed side by side, this container house boost 672 sq. ft. The front half of the home is the living, dining and kitchen area. While the back half of the home is the bedroom and bathroom. There is also a small space to use for a home office [...]
Shipping Container Tiny Houses
Artist’s Shipping Container Home and Studio
In Savannah, GA there is an abundance of unwanted shipping containers left in the city’s port. After being used for one-way flow of consumer goods from China to America these heavy duty containers can easily be re-purposed for environmentally conscious homes. Julio Garcia, architect, decided to do just that with two 40′ shipping containers to build [...]
Santa Barbara Shipping Container Home
This Santa Barbara shipping container home is built by IPME from two 40-foot shipping containers joined together. When you see what this small container-dwelling holds, I think you may be amazed. A fully functioning kitchen allows a full-sized refrigerator, range, microwave and butcher block for added countertop space. The living/dining room area contains a dining table that [...]
8×40 Shipping Container Tiny Home Built by Students
This 8×40 shipping container tiny home was built by students at the Construction Careers Academy at Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. It’s an LEED container home with solar panels and a water collection system so it’s ready for off-grid living. Inside you’ll find a modern kitchen, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and [...]
Containers of Hope Affordable Housing
Have you ever thought, “I’d like to scale down my life, live simpler, smaller”? Or maybe you have some rural land where you relax on weekends and holidays. And it wouldn’t hurt if you helped the environment as a bonus, right? Well, check out the Containers of Hope affordable housing unit, designed by architect Benjamin Garcia Saxe. [...]
G-Pod Modern Transforming Shipping Container Tiny House
The G-Pod is a modern transforming shipping container tiny house that expands when delivered on site. In delivery mode, it’s tiny. The size of just one shipping container. Once it’s set up on a lot it has a slide out to extend the interior space and a flip down covered deck that opens up the space even [...]
720 Sq. Ft. Shipping Container House Plans
Shawn Dehner of The Small House Catalog just released shipping container house plans for a 720 sq. ft. small home for one of his clients. Later on, in 2015, there will be photos of the actual build that we can all see. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. But for now, we [...]
