Shipping Container Homes

Shipping containers aren’t just for shipping things; they also make great homes. Shipping containers are inexpensive, modular, sturdy, easily transported, and are ready-made for conversion into a home. A 40′ …

Off Grid solar powered shipping container cabin with an attached greenhouse. This is another Off Grid World original home design which combines the best of many aspects of off grid …

School built in Malawi is completely off grid. Architecture For A Change built this school from shipping containers, and is complete with solar power and a rain water collecting system. …

This unique take on a tiny shipping container home was built by Hartman Kable in Seattle, inspired by a New York architect. Relaxshacks on YouTube gives us a video tour …

Off Grid World has created this mini guide to help you with the ins & outs of buying a shipping container. Whether you are buying one to make into a …

If you have the space and resources, you can turn a shipping container into an amazingly effective underground shelter. This particular project, from Wayne Martin on YouTube, is a great …

This modest little cabin is made using two 40 foot shipping containers, with beautiful landscaping outside and rustically gorgeous decorating inside. It took the owner, Larry, almost 2 years and …

This 1720 square foot cabin concept is made from reclaimed wood and two recycled shipping containers. The cabin comes with two 140 square foot lofts on either end of the …

This shipping container home might be the ugly duckling on the outside, but the inside screams beautiful swan. This “swan” sits nestled in the woods of Savannah, Georgia.  As a …

Single mom build her own shipping container tiny home for $4000! This just goes to show you what’s possible when practical outweighs keeping up appearances. See the video of this …