super simple two bedroom

Shipping Containers as Underground Shelter

This was a new idea. A shipping container buried and made into a wine cellar.
Great for those of us on the west coast, where most homes do not have basements.

Shipping Containers as Grocery Stores

09/26/11


Seattle Weekly blogger Hanna Raskin reported a new project called Stockbox funded by Kickstarter, which turns small containers into grocery stores.

The article "Teeny Tiny Grocery Store Now Open in Delrodge Parking Lot"
highlights a new concept for infill grocery and fresh produce distribution using mobile stores constructed from shipping containers.

The possibilities both for urban and rural locations are endless.
*As usual the title links to a .pdf version of the Seattle Weekly article.

Good luck STOCKBOX!

DIY Used Cargo Homes & Shipping Containers

Dornob is a website which features daily design ideas. The recent article about shipping container plans highlights ideas by Canadian designer Keith Dewey. Keith is the owner of Zigloo.ca, and lives in a home which was built with shipping containers. His innovative design concepts for including containers in commercial and residential applications runs the range of a basic modern home all the way to a futuristic underground condo design.

Building after my own Hart!

GreenHomeBuilding.com author Kelly Hart gives us a great summary article entitled "Building with Shipping Containers." It is full of pictures of construction technology using shipping containers and TONS of links to more information on building resources.

A look inside the container houses.flv

This is an entire complex of container homes.
The concept is exciting.

Shipping Container Homes for Sale

This is a youtube.com video of some very smart guys
who embraced the idea of a container as a home and living space.
They kept it basic and made it a reality.

It looks like an RV on the inside. I think this is great!

The contact email they list is ecotainers@gmail.com

Good luck!

Eco Pods

An interesting twist on the container home idea comes from ecopods.ca.
The title links to their website.

Container Homes hit the big time!

My homepage to access the world wide web is Yahoo.com (ok, ok, I know...) Imagine my surprise when I opened up the internet today, and the main story on Yahoo.com was...

Shipping-Container Homes <---link to the original Yahoo article (as long as it lasts) Steel boxes used to transport goods are transformed into unique and low-cost homes.

Are they, I DARE SAY IT... going MAINSTREAM???

I linked the title to a .pdf version of the article, as usual. Enjoy.