About Container4Home

For the most up to date and comprehensive coverage available today on the methods and techniques used when modifying recycled shipping containers into homes and other structures

cover of our comprehensive ebook about container homes

The CONSTRUCTURE GUIDE fully explains every aspect of the process, giving you a foundation based on the realistic necessities required to meet building codes and even acquire building permits.

Container Home Engineering

wire diagram view of a shipping container home

Learn all the concepts behind designing and engineering for loads and load paths as they relate to both the International Residential Code and the unique engineering of the shipping container. Visit the Engineering Page for more info.

Container House Design

3D CAD model of a shipping container house

With a complete understanding of the underlying engineering concepts the designer will now be able to utilizes, rather than destroy, the inherent strength of the shipping container in their designs. Learn more on the Design Page.

Container Home Construction

view of interior under construction in shipping container home

The Construction Section clearly shows you the many special fabrications necessary and the required departures from traditional construction when referring to electrical wiring, plumbing, etc. The Construction page pulls it all together.

Design Studies and Floor Plans

3D cad rendering of container home floor plan

After reading the Constructure Guide you will be able to make an analysis of the strengths and weakness’s of any container home design. The designs you develop using the included CAD software will be based on sound structural and aesthetic design principals as well as construction code guidelines. You will never look at a container home sketch the same way again.

The ability to achieve, the satisfaction of accomplishment, and the anticipated time and material savings, are only possible with a complete understanding of the task, adequate preparations, and the foreknowledge to anticipate problems.

Early designers and builders of residential ISBU projects used little more than paint to disguise the humble origins of their corrugated steel boxes, while chanting a "form follows function" mantra, which extolled the "beauty" of cost savings and industrial design.

But industrial design isn't for everyone. Therefore, many people have set out to modify the ISBU process to create a more traditional home, one with a conventional peaked roof and a stucco exterior for example.

Container4Home has taken a different approach.

Container4Homes grew out of a belief that the cost and construction practicality of the simple cargo container must eventually be wed to a new and unique persona based on an appearance, cost and practicality that transcends the traditional home if ISBU construction is ever to gain any traction in the mass market.

We set out to accomplish this by utilizing state of the art commercial building materials to create a minimalist exterior with the sleek look of the classic case study homes of the mid 20th century.

A gallery like interior with pleasant, simple esthetics that allows easy adaptation to reflection the owner's personality in the fixtures and materials chosen to finish the project gives a uniquely modern touch.

These exterior and interior details are what make a Container4Home different from other ISBU projects.