30 Container Homes from around the World

Welcome to The 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes ever Built ! 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

This resource has been designed to showcase and celebrate the momentum of the ISO Shipping

Container Home Movement around the World.

It is made available for free as an electronic download and we are planning a small run of printed

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Why create such a resource?

As ISBU based construction techniques continue to gain momentum around the World and edge

their way into more mainstream awareness we felt it was important to showcase and celebrate

some of the projects that have been competed over the past 10 years that have had a profound

impact and influence on this stream of Architecture and Design.

As the market continues to grow and expand we are starting to see new businesses and young

Designers enter the market bringing with them new ideas and enthusiasm, reinvigorating the

Shipping Container Home concept more than 20 years after its foundation. It’s fitting therefore

that this new generation have a resource that showcases the work of some of the early leaders

and risk takers, the owners and builders and designers that broke the ground and influenced

literally 1000’s to “think inside the box” as well as some of the more recent high profile projects.

As the World’s leading resource on the “How To” of Constructing Container Homes, we are in the

unique position of being able to not only bring together this material, but also to promote it to

the widest possible Global audience. I felt that creating this book would make an appropriate and

valuable additional resource for our readers, complementing our ever expanding training

materials and software.

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Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Undisclosed

Country Los Angles, California USA

Architect \/ Designer Peter De Maria – De Maria Design Ass.

Year Completed 2006

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

It would be impossible to create a showcase of 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

the 30 Most Influential Container Homes of the

last decade and not have the Redondo Beach

House by Peter De Maria at the Top of that list.

There are some that might argue it’s design

merits, but that is not what this list is about.

This list is dedicated to the 30 Projects that

have most influenced the Container Home

market, moving container based construction

closer towards mainstream acceptance and in

that respect this project simply has no peers.

Completed in 2006 in notoriously difficult to

permit Redondo Beach California this was not

the first container home built in the US by any

stretch but it was the first container home to

gain mainstream awareness and acceptance by

the majority that saw it.

De Maria’s professional approach to issues like

the building approval process showed many of

the old guard of the alternative housing

movement that historical issues associated with

Container Homes like gaining permitting

approval where often created as much by the

attitudes of the applicants as by the approval

authorities themselves.

It would be impossible to create a showcase of 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

the 30 Most Influential Container Homes of the

last decade and not have the Redondo Beach

House by Peter De Maria at the Top of that list.

There are some that might argue it’s design

merits, but that is not what this list is about.

This list is dedicated to the 30 Projects that

have most influenced the Container Home

market, moving container based construction

closer towards mainstream acceptance and in

that respect this project simply has no peers.

Completed in 2006 in notoriously difficult to

permit Redondo Beach California this was not

the first container home built in the US by any

stretch but it was the first container home to

gain mainstream awareness and acceptance by

the majority that saw it.

De Maria’s professional approach to issues like

the building approval process showed many of

the old guard of the alternative housing

movement that historical issues associated with

Container Homes like gaining permitting

approval where often created as much by the

attitudes of the applicants as by the approval

authorities themselves.

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

If Peter De Maria has any serious 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

competition for the Title of Most

Influential Container Home

Designer of the last decade it

could only come from one man –

the larger than life designer and

Architect Adam Kalkin.

Adam Kalkin has designed and

built a number of high profile

container homes that have

caught the imagination of

Architects, Designers and Owner

Builders around the World.

My favorite of Adam’s projects is

the project referred to as the

“Quick House Project”

We reference several more of

Adam Kalkin’s work in the

Members Area portfolio.

Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Boucher Grygier

Country East Bay, California United States

Architect \/ Designer Leger Wanaselja

Year Completed 2007

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Project Type Shipping Container Home(s) 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Undisclosed

Country Atlanta, Georgia USA

Architect \/ Designer Francis Kirkpatrick \/ George Runkle

Year Completed 2006 \/ 2010 – Two Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

There can be few better testimonials to customer satisfaction than completing a Container Home and then going 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

ahead and retaining the same Design and Engineering team to build a almost identical home right next door.

Owner\/Builder: g a d design + construction

Architect: Francis Kirkpatrick

Structural Engineer: George W. Runkle, P.E., Runkle Consulting, Inc.

Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Undisclosed

Country France

Architect \/ Designer CG Architects

Year Completed 2010

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

The French Design Team behind 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Project 5, CG Architects caused

quite a stir in 2010 when the

launched the “Cross Box”

There was significant discussion

online about whether or not this

stunning home was really built using

Shipping Containers or was simply a

modular home.

The Cross Box uses 4 x 40 ft HC

containers in a complex cross

stacked configuration.

For those seeking inspiration from

these projects please take note that

significant ( and expensive )

engineering and modification is

required to do this safely. Its not

just a case of dropping the

containers down like Lego blocks.

For those interested in off axis

stacking we have a free video

tutorial you can watch online.

This type of project although

visually stunning is best considered

“statement architecture” rather

than affordable housing.

Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Keith Dewey

Country British Columia, Canada

Architect \/ Designer Self Designed Zigloo – Keith Dewey

Year Completed 2006

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Undisclosed

Country Santiago Chile

Architect \/ Designer Ruben Rivera Peede

Year Completed 2010

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

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Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Katie Nichols and John Walker

Country Houston Texas, United States

Architect \/ Designer Numen Development

Year Completed 2009

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Numen Development created this 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

three bedroom, three bathroom1860

sqft house in Houston Texas as an

exercise in high efficiency building.

Some of the “green elements” include

SIPs incorporated in roof and floors,

on-demand hot water heater a high

efficiency AC system and energy

recovery ventilation system. Bamboo

flooring and low-VOC paints and the

use of fiberboard products.

Energy efficient appliances

Includes dual-flush toilets and efficient

plumbing\/fixtures

In addition, the most expensive

elements of the home, the structural

elements and mechanical core, were

partially prefabricated in a shop for

efficiency.

Overall the house is a fascinating

display of containers, SIPs, energy

efficiency, and green materials.

Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Gabriela Calvo & Marco Peralta

Country Costa Rica

Architect \/ Designer Benjamin Garcia Saxe

Year Completed 2011

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

In my opinion this wonderful example of a Shipping 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Container Home deserves inclusion in this showcase

because it heralds a return to the core principals of the

Container Home movement, something I think some

new designers have forgotten.

Specifically:

1, The reuse and repurposing of 2nd hand materials.

2, The creation of affordable housing solutions.

A number of high profile container construction builds

over the last 2-3 years have caused many early leaders

in this space grave concern that we are simply heading

down a path of repeating the mistakes of the past.

Several designers have been creating huge low density

homes, some have even resorted to “getting around”

the restrictions of standardized containers by having

brand new custom made over sized containers made

in China for their projects !

Gabriela Calvo and Marco Peralta have built this

wonderful container home on their property outside

of San Jose Costa Rica. By utilizing recycled shipping

containers and doing some of the work themselves,

they were able to keep the ultimate cost of the home

down to an extremely affordable level.

The house consists of two 40′ containers installed on

pier foundations, slightly set apart to create a wider

cross section, larger window sections and great views

of both the east and the west.

Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Undisclosed

Country Costa Rica

Architect \/ Designer Bamboo Grove

Year Completed 2009

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Bamboo Groove Housing is a Container Homes of the World - Costa Rica

Costa Rican based design &

construction company,

developing sustainable

affordable houses with the use

of plantation bamboo and

the re-use of insulated

shipping containers.

Erwin Schuster started Bamboo

Groove in 2005.

Project Type Shipping Container Home Studio 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Andrea Shapiro

Country Amagansett, New York USA

Architect \/ Designer Maziar Behrooz

Year Completed 2009

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Shapiro's project is built with 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

two 9'6\" x 40' x 8' shipping

containers — obtained for

$2,500 each (including

delivery)

The containers were placed on

top of 9' foundation walls, and

most of the steel flooring was

removed to open up and

provide access to the lower

level.

With the stairs connecting both

levels, the studio ended up

with expansive 18' floor to

ceiling walls and abundant

natural lighting.

Shapiro now has about 850

square feet and plenty of wall

space to hang future pieces.

Project Type Shipping Container Home 30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes

Owners Anand Bungalows

Country Malaysia

Architect \/ Designer Ken Kwok

Year Completed 2010

30 Most Influential Shipping Container Homes