13 Homes Built from Recycled Shipping Containers

 

Invented more than five decades ago, the modern shipping container has been converted into some sort of makeshift shelter in society for years.

Architecs and green designers are also increasingly turning to the boxes as a source of building blocks; shipping containers can be readily modified with a range of creature comforts, and can be connected and stacked to create modular, efficient spaces for a fraction of the cost, labor and resources of more conventional materials.

Over at MSN, check out what makes these containers cutting edge and discover some of the possibilities of shipping container architecture – from disaster relief shelters to luxury condos and even vacation homes, including:

• De Maria Design Redondo Beach House
• London’s Container City
• Container City II
• All Terrain Cabin
• The Ecopod
• Adam Kalkin Quik House
• LiNX Temporary Structures
• Ross Stevens House
• Student Housing Project Keetwonen, Amsterdam
• Port-a-Bach
• 2+ Weekend House
• Site-Specific Exhibition

[source: MSN]