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Welcome to our curated collection of real-world shipping container home projects from around the globe. Each project tells a unique story—designed by architects, builders, or passionate homeowners who embraced modular, eco-conscious living. From remote off-grid cabins in New Zealand to striking two-storey homes in suburban Australia, these builds showcase the versatility, beauty, and innovation possible with repurposed shipping containers.

Whether you’re an architect looking for case study inspiration, a developer exploring modular construction, or a future homeowner considering a container build of your own, this is where practical design meets sustainable ambition. Every home featured here includes key project details: site location, number of containers used, layout considerations, sustainable features, and insights into construction methods and builder vision.

Dive in to discover how people are rethinking traditional housing by turning steel boxes into warm, functional, and future-forward homes. Use these examples to shape your own ideas, refine your plans, or simply enjoy the creativity of container architecture.

Low Impact Container Studio in Texas

    Texas architect Jim Poteet helped Stacey Hill, who lives in a San Antonio artists’ community, wrangle an empty steel shipping container into a low impact container studio, playhouse, garden retreat and a guesthouse for visiting artists. The container measures a narrow and long 8 by 40 feet; Hill asked that a portion of the square footage be retained as a garden shed and the rest serve as the living space. The architect added floor-to-ceiling glass doors and windows, heating and air-conditioning, a green roof, bamboo flooring and wallcovering, a small sink and shower and a composting toilet, and placed the structure on a base made from recycled telephone poles.Read More »Low Impact Container Studio in Texas

    Lakeside Shipping Container Home Sri Lanka : Maduru Oya, Sri Lanka.

    Lakeside Shipping Container Home Sri Lanka at Maduru Oya

      Maduru Oya – The Lakeside Shipping Container Home Sri Lanka : A Sustainable Shipping Container Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya.

      In the serene landscape of Maduru Oya, Sri Lanka, an innovative shipping container home transforms the lakeside view of an army training camp. This eco container home in Sri Lanka showcases how repurposed materials and thoughtful design create sustainable living spaces even in remote locations. Moreover, the lakeside container cabin in Sri Lanka, designed by architect Damith Prematikake, offers a perfect retreat while harmonizing with its natural surroundings.Read More »Lakeside Shipping Container Home Sri Lanka at Maduru Oya

      Future Shack by Sean Godsell

        Future Shack by Sean Godsell is an early icon of Cargotecture and Container Home Design. It was originally designed was to provide low cost / temporary / emergency housing. The work however transcends from Form to Art – through it clean functional lines and simplicity that one can only admire and be astounded by.

        From the Architect: A mass produced relocatable house for emergency and relief housing. Recycled shipping containers are used to form the main volume of the building. A parasol roof packs inside the container. When erected, the roof shades the container and reduces heat load on the building. Legs telescope from the container enabling it to sited without excavation on uneven terrain.Read More »Future Shack by Sean Godsell

        7,000 Shipping Containers Used to Create Bazaar in Kyrgyzstan

          In a remarkable example of adaptive reuse, over 7,000 shipping containers have been stacked together to create the thriving marketplace in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The kilometer-long Dordoy Bazaar is considered one of the Asia’s greatest public market places, and it is built out of thousands of shipping containers double-stacked under large shade structures.

          The bazaar first began back in 1992 and it has since grown into an enormous marketplace containing streets, plazas, restaurants, stores and offices. The market stretches about a kilometer long and is located on the north-eastern outskirts of Bishkek. Technically, the market is composed of several (about 9) different markets, but there are no fences or demarcations to indicate the different areas, each of which specializes in various types of consumer goods.Read More »7,000 Shipping Containers Used to Create Bazaar in Kyrgyzstan

          Platoon Kunsthalle GwangJu Shipping Container Art Center Stacks Up in Korea

            In 2009, Inhabitat brought exciting news of a beautiful new shipping container art center opening up in Seoul, and we’ve just discovered that it has a sister structure in Gwangju that rivals both its cool factor and creative contribution to the Korean community. Called Platoon Kunsthalle Gwangju, the newer building is made up of dark grey and orange cargo containers, and houses emerging art and subculture exhibitions as well as an event hall and bar. Click through our gallery to peek inside this intriguing space.Read More »Platoon Kunsthalle GwangJu Shipping Container Art Center Stacks Up in Korea

            Casa El Tiemblo aka Casa Rauliniski – Shipping Container Home by Infiniski and James & Mau

              Infiniski combined with James & Mau are amongst of our favourite shipping container home designers and builders. Casa El Tiemblo aka Casa Raulinski is another one of their creative recycled projects. Located in El Tiemblo in the province of Ávila, Spain, this shipping container home was completed within six months for a budget of 140,000 euros. Read More »Casa El Tiemblo aka Casa Rauliniski – Shipping Container Home by Infiniski and James & Mau

              MEKA Shipping Container Home Pops Up in NY

                Founder, Michael de Jong came up the idea for the MEKA after years of building luxury homes in Belize, hiring Jason Halter and Christos Marcopoulous for the design. Michael states, “Many prospective homeowners want to avoid the hassle, wait time and hidden costs of traditional construction. No one wants to wait a year and then find out the price of materials and laborers have increased by a third or more. No one wants to deal with unreliable contractors or builders.”Read More »MEKA Shipping Container Home Pops Up in NY