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Starburst shipping container home to rise in the California desert

Don’t rub your eyes—this incredible shipping container home is not a mirage. London-based designer James Whitaker...

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Off-grid shipping container cabin has a warm wooden interior

Shipping container residences can be elaborate and complex, but sometimes bringing it back to basics is the key...

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Modern recycled container house in South Africa operates 100% off grid

Sustainable design has taken longer to get off the ground in South Africa largely due to expensive construction...

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12 brilliant prefab homes that can be assembled in three days or less

Magic Green Homes’ green-roofed hobbit homes built in three days Your dreams of living in Hobbiton could be...

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A Canadian man built this off-grid shipping container home for just $20,000

Dupuis is the architect of this peculiar home in the woods. That is, if you call a man who makes a home out of...

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Light-filled shipping container home is an artistic triumph in the French countryside

Set above pier foundations and a bed of white gravel, the Un Dernier Voyage house comprises two all-black metal...

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8 of the world’s most inspiring homes

Breathtaking Shipping Container Studio: San Antonio, Texas Texas architect Jim Poteet transformed a 40-foot shipping...

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Sprawling Dallas home is built from 14 shipping containers

The sprawling, 3,700-square-foot home is open concept, with different living spaces delineated by frames. On the...

New Yorkers have a tendency to feel like they've seen it all, but there are still some secrets in the city that stump even the most informed locals. Whether it be a 1960s underground home in Queens that no one is sure even exists anymore or a strip of too-perfect Bronx townhouses that hides an unexpected surprise, New York City is home to a host of intriguing architectural oddities that keep us guessing. Read on to see which ones you know about.

8 Intriguing Architectural Oddities You Probably Never Noticed Before in NYC

The Underground Home Mystery Hidden - or perhaps not - beneath one of Queens's most popular parks, the Underground...

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How to Spice Up a Shipping Container Home

People all over the world are looking for cheap, alternative housing, and recycled shipping containers are starting...

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Nomad Living by Studio ArTe is a Colorful Container Guesthouse in Southern Portugal

This particular guesthouse is built from a 40-foot shipping container that offers ample floor space totaling 320-square-feet....

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Australia’s Largest Cargotecture House is a Modern Masterpiece Built from 31 Shipping Containers

Miller superbly combines textures to create a rich sense of depth in the house's facade. In the front of the house,...

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Artist Julio Garcia Builds a Light-Filled Shipping Container Home in Savannah

The Savannah Project is Julio Garcia's retreat when he's not working in either Miami or Brooklyn. Built from two...

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PHOTOS: Unusual Wedge-Shaped Shipping Container Townhouse Rises in Brooklyn

According to LOT-EK, the Carroll House was erected from a stack of 21 shipping containers that was "then cut diagonally...

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PHOTOS: Daring Shipping Container House Boasts a Dramatically Sliced Profile

With shipping container homes becoming more and more common, it looks like some architects are upping the ante...

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Dramatically Sliced Carroll House Shipping Container Home Rises in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

The diagonally-cut building will have a striking, sloped profile that rises out of the ground up to three stories...

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ShelterKraft Werks Builds Homes & Shops from Reclaimed Shipping Containers

ShelterKraft Werks in Seattle has the pick of the litter with unused shipping containers that come into port. The...

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Utah’s Sarah House Project Transforms Shipping Containers into Affordable Homes

White’s vision was to create small communities of low-income housing, recycled from shipping containers. The...

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Would You Live Under a Bridge? Group Advocates Building Shipping Container Homes Under Hong Kong Overpasses

You may not think that the space under a bridge would be an ideal place to call home, but a group called Under...

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Arcgency’s Green-Roofed WFH House is Made From Three Recycled Shipping Containers

Arcgency's WFH House uses three recycled shipping containers as structural supports. The containers are lined...

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Eco Pig Designs Set to Begin Construction on SCH-1 Shipping Container Home

Eco Pig Designs is a micro home design company that is about to begin construction on a new 40/45 foot shipping...

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Fly House: A Fantastic Shipping Container Bed and Breakfast in Mallorca

Located about 10 minutes from the center of Pallma, Fly House is conveniently situated near a number of amenities...

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Six Oaks is a Modern Yet Rustic Shipping Container Home in California

Six Oaks was created by Modulus as a vacation getaway in heavily wooded site near Felton, CA. The simple design...

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Zigloo Domestique Shipping Container House is Up for Sale in Canada!

Built out of 8 shipping containers, Zigloo Domestique is a 3 story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath house in the suburbs of Victoria,...

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Ruby Sketch’s Compact Shipping Container Home Can Run Off-Grid for Two Weeks Sans Electricity

At Inhabitat, we love compact, modern designs that take advantage of efficient prefabricated building techniques,...

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Maduru Oya is a Cheery Yellow Shipping Container Cabana in the Sri Lankan Jungle

The minimalistic hideaway was made for Lieutenant Colonel Chandimal Peiris, and was built by soldiers under the...

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EcoTech Builds Breathtaking Shipping Container Home in the Heart of the Mojave Desert

The spacious two-story hybrid home was adapted to fit the media client’s needs with a separate photo studio and...

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Cove Park Shipping Containers: An Inspiring Cluster of Green Roofed Artist Retreats

The architects who developed Cove Park, Urban Space Management, installed the 6 containers that make up the community...

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LOT-EK’s Nine Level Shipping Container Mall for New York City

With the economy stalling, there are currently many empty lots or slivers of land sitting stagnant in the city....

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Minimalist Shipping Container House is an Artist’s Dream

The Container House was designed by M2ATK for an artist client who asked for the ground floor to be a living room...

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