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Shipping Container Homes Texas

Texas is witnessing a surge in innovative shipping container architecture, offering sustainable and cost-effective solutions to housing and infrastructure challenges. From modular homes in Dallas to off-grid retreats in the Hill Country, these projects exemplify how repurposed shipping containers can be transformed into aesthetically pleasing, durable, and eco-friendly living spaces. This collection showcases the versatility of container architecture across Texas’s diverse landscapes.

PV14 Container House

PV14 Container House | Modern Sustainable Living in Dallas, Texas

    The PV14 House, located in Dallas, Texas, stands as a pioneering example of shipping container homes in Dallas. Completed in 2014, this innovative residence was designed by M Gooden Design, marking their first project using shipping containers as a primary construction material. Documented extensively from inception to completion, PV14 House has gained attention across regional, national, and international platforms for its creative use of modular materials.
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    The Freeman Feldmann Shipping Container Home

      Developers Katie Nichols and John Walker have focused their careers on creating affordable, sustainable, design-intensive homes for creative, urban people.  To achieve that goal, the duo tapped into an inexhaustible resource in the port city of Houston, Texas– shipping containers.  In a partnership with architect Christopher Robertson, Nichols and Walker created the Freeman Feldmann Shipping Container Home a few miles north of the city.Read More »The Freeman Feldmann Shipping Container Home

      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