Container Houses

Remember Lego? As children, many of us loved to build houses and other structures from these bricks. Well, in this post you will see photos that prove that adults continue to play with Lego ... only now instead of toy bricks - shipping containers! Can a container be turned into a real house? Yes!

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Container Houses

Container Houses

1. So, this is a cargo container. It is designed to carry various cargoes on ships and trains. By itself, it looks quite banal and boring.

Container Houses

2. But with the right approach, this boring container can turn into a real cozy corner. For example, in this cute guest house.

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3. By the way, with wooden floors and walls.

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4. And on the roof you can arrange a small garden.

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5. This modern home in Redondo Beach is also made from containers.

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6. And he is beautiful!

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7. In the evening, the walls of the house can be illuminated.

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8. This beach house in New Zealand is also made from a container.

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9. During the day, his veranda is flooded with sun, and in the evening, the local atmosphere is completely transformed, the house becomes a cozy refuge by the sea.

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10. It even has a fireplace!

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11. And this container was transformed into a tree house. In the truest sense of the word.

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12. This is the real cottage of your dreams, isn't it?

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13. And in this container house, another house is built.

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14. See?

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15. This hobbit house is able to merge with the environment.

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16. And this house, on the contrary, proudly flaunts the colorful containers from which it is made.

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17. Indeed, a Lego house!

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18. This house is completely made from recycled materials.

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19. Culkin House in Vermont, USA.

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20. You won’t even understand where you want to be more: inside or outside.

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21. It took seven shipping containers to build this cute snow house in Quebec.

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22. And this home in Colorado was the first shipping container home of its kind.

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23. By the way, this house in the Hamptons is also built from shipping containers.

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24. There are ceilings very characteristic of containers.

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25. This colorful house is like a full size version of the Barbie house.

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26. The Manifesto House in Chile was built for just $118,000.

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27. Pay attention to the stairs - it seems to be floating in the air.

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28. Two containers on top of each other = a beautiful dream home.

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29. Admit it, your inner child would be delighted with such a home.

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30. In such a house, you can “close your eyes” to the desert landscapes around.

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31. This modern house was built from just five containers, and although it may seem dark…

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32. ... inside is quite spacious, bright and there are numerous windows!

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33. This Chilean container house is probably one of the most daring.

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34. And this is a kind of playhouse for adults.

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35. This "hut" was built on the territory of a military base in Sri Lanka. It was made from an old container and other materials, including weapon parts and boxes.

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36. This house in San Jose has a sloping roof so that the heat escapes, and the sunlight, on the contrary, penetrates the house.

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37. This house cost $40,000 to build.

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38. But the views here are worth a million!

Keywords: House | Housing | Containers

     

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