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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.

The Mad Max Texas Shipping Container Home

Steampunk Survival: The Mad Max Texas Shipping Container Home

    🔥 Mad Max Meets Fallout: A Texas Shipping Container Home Like No Other

    Imagine if Mad Max moved to the mountains and got really into clean lines and minimalist design. This stunning shipping container home in Texas brings industrial edge, high-desert views, and modern comfort together on a scale that’s raw, almost refined — and totally unforgettable.

    Built across three separate lots with a commanding high-elevation position, this two-level container home redefines what it means to build bold in the desert. It’s not fully off-grid, but it does deliver a fierce sense of independence, creative sustainability, and next-level style.

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    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 – freeman feldmann house houston texas

      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 – hill container studio exterior view from above

        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