Shipping Container Living

Affordable housing has been an issue for a long time. An intreging use for the thousands of old shipping containers is to use them for housing. They are the right size at eight feet tall by eight feet wide and 20 or 40 feet long. Some very creative architects are combining them to make some interesting livable spaces.

For those with the room, a shipping container could be fashioned into a usable studio, guest house or cabin.


The Port-a-bach opens up and elements fold out to create a usable living space.


Ecopod is made by a Canadian company that is clearly concerned with being "green". They point out that steel is fully recyclable, and it is possible to include solar power in the design among many other ecologically smart and significant additions. Plus, they look great.