{"id":89176,"date":"2014-06-08T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=89176"},"modified":"2014-06-10T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T16:38:09","slug":"shipping-container-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/design\/shipping-container-homes","title":{"rendered":"11 shipping container homes you’d happily pack yourself into"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To the construction industry, shipping containers are simply a cheap, prefabricated building material. But when put into the hands of a creative designer, they become the coziest of homes.<\/p>\n

Caterpillar House by\u00a0Sebasti\u00e1n Irarr\u00e1zaval<\/h2>\n

\"shipping<\/a>\"shipping<\/a>\"shipping\"shippingcontainer\"<\/a>\"shipping<\/a>Photos:\u00a0Sebasti\u00e1n Irarr\u00e1zaval<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Sebasti\u00e1n Irarr\u00e1zaval’s\u00a0prefabricated Caterpillar House was designed and built for an art collector and his family on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile. It has everything from massive mountaintop views to hot tubs and rooftop decks.<\/p>\n

12 Container House by\u00a0Adam Kalkin<\/h2>\n

\"12<\/a>\"12<\/a>\"12<\/a>\"12<\/a>Photos:\u00a0Peter Aaron\/Esto
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Adam Kalkin<\/a>\u00a0created his\u00a012 Container House<\/a> by stacking and organizing a dozen orange shipping containers into a T-shape. Set on a rocky peninsula in Maine’s Blue Hill Bay, the expansive structure can be rented out from June to October for anywhere between $6,000 and $10,000 per week.<\/p>\n

Push Button House by Adam Kalkin<\/h2>\n

\"push<\/a><\/em>\"push<\/a>\"pushPhotos:\u00a0Peter Aaron\/Esto<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Another Kalkin creation, the Push Button House is exactly what it sounds like: A house that appears with the push of a button. Motorized walls unfurl like draw bridges to reveal furniture secured to the walls\/floor.<\/p>\n

Shipping Container House by\u00a0Tomecek Studio<\/h2>\n

\"shipping<\/a>\"shipping<\/a>Photos: Braden Gunem<\/a>
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Architecture firm Tomecek Studio<\/a>\u00a0says\u00a0this 1,517-square-foot cabin in Nederland, Colorado was an exercise in “reducing the average American home size.” The structure is made up of mostly recycled material including two shipping containers which straddle a large common area.<\/p>\n

Coromandel Bach by\u00a0Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects<\/h2>\n

\"shipping<\/a>\"shipping<\/a>\"shipping<\/a>\"shipping<\/a>Photos:\u00a0Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The open concept Coromandel Bach is a container home that reinterprets the New Zealand building tradition of crafting wood. As you might have guessed, it is located on the\u00a0North Island’s\u00a0Coromandel Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Container Guest House by\u00a0Poteet Architects<\/h2>\n

\"container<\/a>\"container<\/a>\"container<\/a>\"container<\/a>Photos: Poteet Architects<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

We can’t decide which feature of this container guest house we like more — the adorable green roof or retractable window wall.<\/p>\n

Marinka by 2B Group<\/h2>\n

\"shipping<\/a>\"shipping<\/a>\"shipping<\/a>Photos: 2B Group<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Marinka<\/a> is a 4,000-square-foot, three-level penthouse made from concrete and shipping containers. It was designed by 2B Group and can be found in Kiev, Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Hybrid House by\u00a0ecotechdesign<\/h2>\n

\"Scott<\/a>\"Scott<\/a>\"Scott<\/a>\"Scott<\/a>Photos:\u00a0ecotechdesign<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Hybrid House, also known as the Tim Palen Studio at Shadow Mountain, is a working concept by ecotechdesign<\/a>\u00a0that consists of cargo containers and pre-engineered steel building components. This particular iteration of the home is located in\u00a0Joshua Tree, California.<\/p>\n

Holiday Cabana\u00a0by\u00a0Damith Premathilake<\/h2>\n

\"Holiday<\/a>\"Holiday<\/a>Photos:\u00a0Logan MacDaugall Pope<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Holiday Cabana is a shipping container cabin in Sri Lanka’s Maduru Oya National Park. Designed by local architect Damith Premathilake<\/a>, the structure is located on a lakeside army training ground surrounded by jungle and mountains.<\/p>\n

Container City by\u00a0Urban Space Management<\/h2>\n

\"container<\/a>\"container<\/a>Photo: Container City<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

British development firm Urban Space Management specializes in converting old shipping containers into functional office and living spaces, such as the above apartment block in London, England.<\/p>\n

Container home with retractable porch by unknown<\/h2>\n

\"shipping<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

We’re not sure who came up with the idea to use the broadside of a shipping container as a retractable porch, but it’s brilliant and should be done in all such homes.<\/p>\n

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