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!