Modern shipping container homes are popular due to their versatility and\u00a0affordability. Despite having a pre-made shape containers can be stacked in a lot of different ways to produce unusual forms for modern dwellings..<\/p>\n
Thanks to their low price (about 2,000 per container) they can be used to produce not only modern houses and retreats for less, but also used in construction of low-income housing.<\/p>\n Shipping containers aren\u2019t always a perfect solution to housing problems though. They are poorly insulated and present an array of different other issues and challenges that the prospective homeowners should be aware of.<\/p>\n But after all if you\u2019re looking to reduce the cost of your prefab and create a\u00a0dream home, shipping containers might be at least a useful construction material.<\/p>\n We\u2019re kicking off with the first tiny home on our list! The project from Cargo Home<\/a> is called The Mainsail and it\u2019s 160 square feet. The coolest part about it is that it allows for an indoor-outdoor living style with a wonderful deck.\u00a0<\/p>\n This particular shipping container home comes with a special-made roof that helps collect some rainwater for later use.\u00a0<\/p>\n This design features tons of windows, so there\u2019s little privacy, but it can be adjusted quite a bit if you so desire.\u00a0<\/p>\n Created by the folks of Travis Price Architects, this particular shipping container home is super intricate. Dubbed the Crathie Lane Container Home, this is a wonderful construction that can serve as a residence to a big family.\u00a0<\/p>\n Coming from Mod House<\/a>, this design is sustainable, made out of modular shipping containers. The smart home provides comfort throughout the year and it\u2019s a real money-saver.\u00a0<\/p>\n Each box is connected to the next using a link room, basically a corridor. This offers quite a bit of extra space.\u00a0<\/p>\n Coming from Backcountry Containers<\/a>, this Texas build stands out as it features multiple stories. It\u2019s quite spacious, but it also runs quite expensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n The cool thing about it is that you can add a roof deck or a porch area.\u00a0<\/p>\n House by Adam KalkinArchitect Adam Kalkin is mostly known for his modern shipping container home designs that are so innovative and stylish, they could easily become the poster homes for cargotecture (a term coined for shipping container architecture).<\/p>\n The\u00a0Adriance house<\/a> is made of\u00a012 shipping containers and is located\u00a0in Northern Maine. Its area is estimated at 4,000 square feet (371 sq m) and it features glazed walls at both sides of the structure separated from the outside world with only dark curtains. Kalkin\u00a0has worked with Butler to construct this fabulous home.<\/p>\n This modern house featured on HGTV<\/a>\u00a0belongs to\u00a0Keith Lasseigne who built it in Austin, Texas. The exterior betrays the secret\u00a0that the house was made out of shipping containers but when you step inside there isn\u2019t a trace of that.<\/p>\n The wooden floors, impeccable style, and modern appliances \u2013 all make this house look ultra-modern and even luxurious.<\/p>\n We found this black and white house on IdealKConstruction<\/a>\u00a0among the collection of other modern shipping container homes and it\u2019s gorgeous. The ground level is almost fully glazed offering the indoor\/outdoor atmosphere.<\/p>\n The more private second floor can be accessed from both inside and outside of the home and the staircase is shielded from the outside world with a double wall matching with the house\u2019s\u00a0colors.<\/p>\n Shipping containers aren\u2019t just for the private homes though. They are successfully used for building office buildings, stores, and restaurants, so why not an apartment building?\u00a0La Aduana<\/a> is an apartment building in Mexico made out of 36 containers.<\/p>\n Designed by\u00a0Mario Plasencia it is partially covered with wooden slat screens and the original container doors make for the apartment balconies.\u00a0Modern shipping container homes are simply made to solve housing problems.<\/p>\n Containers make for wonderful retreats where you can pretty much live indefinitely, especially if the climate allows it or the home was properly designed to meet every kind of weather. This Canyon City container cabin is the epitome of modern design.<\/p>\n There\u2019s lots of glass and the containers are seemingly stacked in a pretty loose manner. Built by Tomecek Studio Architecture<\/a>\u00a0the house makes use of one 40\u2032 container and six 20\u2032 ones and has\u00a0 two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and even the\u00a0guest quarters.<\/p>\n Casa Incubo<\/a> is an incredible example of modern shipping container homes. Designed by architect\u00a0<\/strong>Maria Jos\u00e9 Trejos for a professional photographer the house embraces the cedar tree on site and provides enough lighting for working and living.<\/strong><\/p>\n The shipping containers are used\u00a0as they are aside from a few openings for windows here and there. The glass sliding doors on the ground floor are shielded with sliding wooden panels. The wooden deck that seems to extend from the house floors features built in lights and the additional awning and roof increase sun protection.<\/p>\n The Caterpillar House<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Sebasti\u00e1n Irarr\u00e1zaval<\/a>\u00a0is a prefab effort that makes an ultra-modern home for\u00a0an art collector and his family.\u00a0Using\u00a0five 40\u2032 standard containers\u00a0and six 20\u2032\u00a0containers the architect created a house that cantilevers over the site.<\/p>\n To create a swimming pool the architect chose\u00a0a\u00a040\u2032\u00a0open top container, which is a great idea if you\u2019re looking to cut costs linked to building and maintaining the pool.<\/p>\n Nomad Living<\/a>\u00a0is a mobile retreat designed by Studio Arte<\/a>\u00a0located in Portugal that consists of a shipping container and a carcass structure that makes sun awnings for the wooden deck.<\/p>\n The glass inserts allow the light in and the views of the surrounding nature while the white curtains provide with privacy and make for a beautiful decorative element.<\/p>\n This modern weekend home found on ContainerForStorage<\/a> consists of two 40\u2032 containers aligned parallel to each other to create a spacious enough abode. The containers\u2019 original look was preserved with a couple of windows and wooden accents added in the process.<\/p>\n The house features a small outside deck that invites to step inside where there are hardwood floors, HVAC system, two bedrooms and a modern furnished kitchen.<\/p>\n Container Love<\/a> by LHVH Architekten<\/a> looks like a typical modern prefab and, well,\u00a0it probably is, but it is also a good representation of\u00a0modern shipping container homes. The two containers were used to create a single-storey home with an inner courtyard with a terrace created thanks to the alignment.<\/p>\n The house had just four weeks of production phase and was delivered to be fitted with wires and piping on site.<\/p>\n Containers of Hope<\/a>\u00a0by Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture<\/a>\u00a0is a house that was built for a couple living in Costa Rica. They wanted something affordable to be able to enjoy nature of the locale.<\/p>\n The result is a $40,000 home with a roof made of scrap metal resulted from making the windows and a modern interior design that can compete with any regular home.<\/p>\n Crossbox<\/a> by French architect\u00a0Cl\u00e9ment Gillet Architectes<\/a>\u00a0has a very postmodern design. The ground floor is clad in black siding while the upper floor stands out in a lively bright green.<\/p>\n Both the exterior and interior are pretty minimalist and practical. The containers were merged together to provide more space and insulated to make the house livable.<\/p>\n This Low Cost House<\/a> was created by\u00a0JYA-RCHITECTS<\/a>\u00a0for a family who lived in a shabby home infested with rats. The tight budget determined the building materials, which turned out to be colorful shipping containers.<\/p>\n To solve the insulation issues the architects went for a house in a house structure that also created a deck space between the containers, which totaled at 1,085\u00a0square feet\u00a0(100.8 sq m).<\/p>\n EcoTechDesign<\/a>\u00a0created this house from shipping containers using prefabrication methods. The house consists of different units that are already equipped with necessary wiring and other things.<\/p>\n Each unit takes just 15 minutes to erect and the result is a Martian facility kind of looking futuristic house.\u00a0You\u2019d think most\u00a0modern shipping container homes looked like this but this Hybridhouse_1 is unique.<\/p>\n Grillagh Water House<\/a>\u00a0by Patrick Bradley Architects<\/a> is built out of 4\u00a0shipping containers that are hardly recognizable from the shape of the house. It might as well have been a modern house built from scratch but the beauty of cargotecture is that it\u2019s cheaper and faster to build.<\/p>\n Containers allowed the architect to preserve the original\u00a0aesthetics of the modern structure with clever siding and creative architectural elements but also make the house more affordable.<\/p>\n This aqua-colored\u00a0structure found on Freshome<\/a> sits in Arizona Kansas City and is a home to an industrial designer Debbie Glassberg. The house has a complex structure and certainly stands out among other modern shipping container homes.<\/p>\n The 2,600 square feet (241 sq m) property features a rooftop edible garden, a hidden pantry and incredible corrugated aqua walls.<\/p>\n This house in Marseille<\/a> was designed by architects Claire Helene Drouin and Jean Marie Sanchez<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0made out of 15 shipping containers.\u00a0Built into a cliff the house has views of the port and looks like a modern building for the most part.<\/p>\n Here and there the shipping containers\u00a0give away the secret of the structure but it\u2019s still a very stylish design.<\/p>\n Built out of 8 shipping containers this\u00a0house in Pennsylvania has a concrete ground floor and shows how containers can be used to extend the existing structure.\u00a0Moseley-Mathesius Residence<\/a>\u00a0was a creation of\u00a0Martha Moseley and Bill Mathesius.<\/p>\n A part of the concrete structure was left unoccupied, which left space for a spacious terrace and the structure made of containers was done the same way to create another such terrace.<\/p>\n Kalkin House<\/a> may be a gallery for contemporary design but it still looks and feels as a modern house. This is another project of the architect Adam Kalkin, popular for his amazingly stylish modern shipping container homes.<\/p>\n Made of stacked containers it features a grass facade and long white curtains on the outside of the structure that give it an enigmatic feel, especially when the curtains are closed. On the inside there\u00a0are loft spaces that make different\u00a0rooms and a modern kitchen that stands right in the middle of the house.<\/p>\n Liray House<\/a> in\u00a0Chile is a modern residence designed by\u00a0ARQtainer<\/a>. The house is made of containers aligned perpendicular to create separate space for private and public spaces in the house.<\/p>\n The shorter part of the house accommodates a kitchen, living room, dining area, and laundry while the longer one is used for bedrooms.<\/p>\n Maison Container Lille<\/a> is the work of an architect Patrick Partouche<\/a>\u00a0who built it for a single family. Consisting of 8 containers the house boasts a\u00a02,238 square feet (208 sq m) area, glazed facade with preserved original doors from the shipping containers that can be closed to increase privacy.<\/p>\n The house\u2019s red color makes it stand out in a field but\u00a0its pitched roof gives it a more familiar traditional touch.<\/p>\n Manifesto house<\/a>\u00a0by James & Mau Arquitetura<\/a>\u00a0looks like it was covered with palettes because it was. The structure made of shipping containers features a complex system of palette shutters that probably help prevent the house from overheating in Chile climate.<\/p>\n The shutter system extends to create a suspended terrace that can be accessed from inside the house. And the big shutter door increases privacy and provides a great sun awning for a dining area in front of the house.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking to create a compact home shipping container is a great source. It can be your walls, your roof. A single container alone can become a house. It is all a matter of design and planning.<\/p>\n Architect Chris Bittner of OBR Architecture has created this modest 800 square-foot (74 sq m)\u00a0San Diego home<\/a>\u00a0for his client to be able to enjoy the outdoors.<\/p>\n Old Lady House<\/a> is another work of Adam Kalkin. It represents the\u00a0two two-storey structures connected with a bridge and makes for a perfect home to share with your guests or parents.<\/p>\n The second structure can be used for an art studio or a home office and in the middle there is a beautiful fenceless private garden.<\/p>\n PV14 House<\/a>\u00a0is proof that shipping containers can make houses as big as any other materials. This gorgeous modern residence located in Dallas, Texas looks like a hotel or a museum, but rather something in between. However, it is pretty cozy on the inside.<\/p>\n Designed by\u00a0M Gooden Design<\/a>\u00a0the house features a swimming pool, concrete floors, and the modern appliances.<\/p>\n Redondo Beach House<\/a> is a spacious abode designed by\u00a0DeMaria Design.\u00a0Consisting of several stacked containers the house uses other materials to increase privacy.<\/p>\n Since this is a Beach house it features two rooms that are completely open to the views of the locale and other glass inclusions to allow plenty of natural light in.<\/p>\n Shipping containers are great for building additions and extensions for the main house like\u00a0guest quarters, garden sheds, home offices, and other such amenities. Guest House<\/a> by Jim Poteet<\/a>\u00a0is a modern and stylish navy blue prefab with a roof garden and a porch deck.<\/p>\n The house parts are made of sustainable materials like\u00a0HVAC equipment pads (recycled soda bottles) and\u00a0recycled telephone poles. The back of the house is equipped with a screen for supporting the crawling sprawling plants.<\/p>\n This incredibly cute house is located in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Consisting of three containers house boasts an area of\u00a01,937 square feet (180 sq m) and a swimming pool built into a wooden deck on which it sits.<\/p>\n Designed by Drozdov & Partners<\/a> the house has a modern\u00a0shape that separates each zone from one another.<\/p>\n Shipping Container House<\/a> by Studio H:T has an interesting shape and aesthetic. It\u2019s far from the usual rectangular prefabs although it obviously makes use of the rectangular shapes of containers.<\/p>\n Clad in two typed of wood the house disguises itself in the\u00a0natural background and uses\u00a0photovoltaics on the roof to produce electricity.<\/p>\n Casa El Tiemblo<\/a>\u00a0is a modern designed by James & Mau Arquitectura<\/a>\u00a0that as many houses today combines the indoor outdoor spaces with glazed walls on the ground floor. The more private quarters are located on the second level that features a window strip in a long narrow container wall.<\/p>\n Interestingly the\u00a0architects made use of the original container doors to create a balcony on the side of the house.<\/p>\n Six Oaks residence<\/a> by Modulus<\/a> sits in a redwood forest with 1,200 square feet (111 sq m) of space and the preserved original exterior of the six shipping containers left intact. The house includes glass inclusions here and there to illuminate the house.<\/p>\n The floorboards are also made of recycled materials making this house a quite sustainable piece of architecture.<\/p>\n![\"shipping](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shipping-container-home-900x1200.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nCoolest Modern Shipping Container Homes<\/h2>\n
1. Tiny House Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Tiny](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tiny-House-SHipping-Container-Home-900x507.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2. Elevated Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Elevated](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Elevated-Shipping-Container-Home.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. Intricate Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Intricate](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Intricate-Shipping-Container-Home-900x542.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n4. Multiple Room Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Multiple](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Multiple-Room-Shipping-Container-Home-900x593.jpeg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n5. Custom Backcountry Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Custom](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/custom-backcountry-shipping-container-home-900x488.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n6. Luxury Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Luxury](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/House-by-Adam-Kalkin-900x526.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n7. Texas Shipping Container Cabin<\/h3>\n
![\"Austin](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Austin-shipping-container-house-900x600.jpeg\")
<\/span><\/span>8. Spacious Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Spacious](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Black-and-white-house-900x507.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>9. Tower Container Appartments<\/h3>\n
![\"Tower](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Apartment-building.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n10. Modern Container Home Design<\/h3>\n
![\"Modern](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Canyon-City-Container-Cabin-900x1000.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n11. Massive Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Massive](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Casa-Incubo-900x550.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>12. Caterpillar Cargo Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Caterpillar](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Caterpillar-House-900x550.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>13. Garden Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Garden](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Container-retreat-900x550.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>14. Dark Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Dark](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Container-weekend-house-900x550.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>15. Garden Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Garden](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Containerlove-by-LHVH-Architekten-900x550.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>16. Tiny Home \u2013 Container House<\/h3>\n
![\"Tiny](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Containers-of-Hope-by-Benjamin-Garcia-Saxe-Architecture.png\")
<\/span><\/span>17. Innovative Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Innovative](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Crossbox-House-by-CG-Architectes.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>18. Cheap Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Cheap](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Low-Cost-House-by-JYA-RCHITECTS-900x600.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>19. Modern Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Modern](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ecotechdesign-home-900x507.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>20. Black & Brown Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Black](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Grillagh-Water-House-by-Patrick-Bradley-Architects-900x550.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>21. Aqua Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Aqua](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Home-built-out-of-containers-900x550.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>22. Two Story Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Two](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/House-in-Marseille.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>23. Sprawling Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Sprawling](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/House-in-Pennsylvania.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>24. Shipping Container & Glass Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Shipping](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Kalkin-House.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>25. Modern Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Modern](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Liray-house-Chile.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>26. Single Family Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Single](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Maison-Container-Lille.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>27. Shipping Container & Palettes House<\/h3>\n
![\"Shipping](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Manifesto-House.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>28. Compact Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Compact](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/McConkey-residence.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>29. Connected Shipping Container Homes<\/h3>\n
![\"Connected](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Old-Lady-House-by-Adam-Kalkin.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>30. Stylish Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Stylish](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/PV14-House-by-M-Gooden-Design-900x608.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>31. Spacious Shipping Container House<\/h3>\n
![\"Spacious](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Redondo-Beach-Shipping-Container-House.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>32. Summer Quarters Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Summer](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Shipping-Container-Guest-House-by-Jim-Poteet.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>33. Cute Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Cute](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Shipping-container-home-in-Ukraine-900x383.png\")
<\/span><\/span>34. Shipping Container Home in the Wild<\/h3>\n
![\"Shipping](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Shipping-Container-House-by-Studio-HT-900x598.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>35. Shipping Container Home with Balcony<\/h3>\n
![\"Shipping](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Shipping-Container-House-in-El-Tiemblo-by-James-Mau-Arquitectura-900x560.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>36. Redwood Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Redwood](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Six-Oaks-shipping-container-residence.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>37. Tiny Shipping Container Home<\/h3>\n
![\"Tiny](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Small-container-house.jpg\")
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![\"Adorable](\"https:\/\/cdn.trendir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Beach-Box.jpg\")
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