The ultimate in prefab housing!

[Pilgrim]

http://chronicle.com/blogs/buildings/to-meet-housing-demand-an-australian-university-turns-to-shipping-containers/29041?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

Although they did have them made to their specs....

[Aussie Mark]

I've lived in a converted shipping container before.  They are very common as on-site accommodation at remote mining towns - furnished and with air cond, of course :-)

[Freuds_Cat]

I've worked in a quite a few as offices. Last years Fringe Festival here in Adelaide had a whole bunch as one of its venues. Sounded good after they put carpet and blacks in the right place.

[Basshappi]

There is alot of info on shipping container living space construction. Some of the things I've seen are very modern looking and stylish. If I were going to build my own house I would seriously consider shipping containers.

[Chris P.]

In Holland it happens a lot. Amsterdam has a lot of container houses for students.

[Pilgrim]

It makes sense to me.  There are many lifestyles which don't require more room.  Look at the number of trailer homes in the US...many are no larger than this.

[saltymonkey]

Seabox is a company that outfits containers for many different applications. Their mobile shop container is really cool.

seabox.com

[Highlander]

Neat...