Container Housing

For many years, there has been a serious misconception among home buyers as to the nature of prefabricated homes. Many people think of prefab as the single and double wide trailers produced years ago, not taking into account the true meaning of the word “prefab,” or, prefabricated...

Welcome back to the Urban Core International Blog for the third and final installment of our mini-series on container housing. Today we will explore a few more designers worthy of mention for their outstanding efforts in a fascinating industry.
We came across the name Jennifer Siegal last week and almost wrote a separate blog post just about her. She is among theJennifer Siegal most talented prefab home designers in the world...

Welcome back! Today’s post is part two of our container housing miniseries. We normally don’t write about the same subject for more than one post, but anything less on this topic would be a shame. Today we’ll introduce you to more of the pioneering architects and designers implementing container housing throughout the world. So grab some soda and a bag of popcorn - just make sure you recycle the bag and the bottle when you’re done!

As sustainability becomes more of a global trend in all business aspects, much attention is being paid to building with recycled materials. One of the most innovative technologies of the past half-decade that has recently become more popular is container housing. Container housing is the construction of buildings using shipping containers after their shelf life at sea has expired. While shipping containers have a life span of about 10 years at sea, the solid structural capacity gives them a minimum life span of 20 years in-building after they are taken off the ships.