Discover Containers provides information and inspiration for your shipping container project…
Hiring a builder? Starting a DIY project? No matter your plans, we can help.
Right now there are thousands of people all around the world living in shipping container houses. Their home may be a single-container tiny house, an architectural masterpiece with a dozen or more containers, or a mammoth apartment building with hundreds of containers. There are truly examples of container homes of every shape and size.
And it’s not just individual homeowners using cargo containers. There are companies with shipping container offices and large multi-family shipping container apartment complexes in a variety of locations. Plus, there are more novel uses of containers, like container swimming pools, container medical clinics, container emergency shelters, and even container farms.
Why are all these people building with containers? Well, there are a ton of great reasons to use shipping containers as a building medium, including their affordability, flexibility, sustainability, and other fundamental benefits! While they aren’t perfect for every situation, they do offer a compelling alternative to more traditional methods of building. We’re here to explain why containers are worth considering then show you how you can use them for your next project too.
Our FREE Cheat Sheets are a great place to start your journey. They’ll help you quickly determine if a container home will meet your needs, and the best way to get it built!
Regardless of how you ended up at Discover Containers, we’re excited to have you here and connect you with the inspiration, information, contacts, and resources that will help you be successful as you move forward in your container journey.
Whether you ultimately decide to undertake a DIY container project, hire a builder to do the heavy lifting, or even decide that shipping container construction isn’t right for you, we aim to be your trusted adviser. Thank you so much for visiting!
The six links below will help guide you to different areas of our website depending on where you are in your journey.
Search hundreds of container homes, restaurants, hotels and more to plan a trip or get inspired
Review basic knowledge about the history, sizing, manufacturing, and usage of shipping containers
Deep dive into different types of container buildings like garages, man caves, pools, farms, and more
Master the tools and processes needed to organize and manage your finances and project
Learn tips and tricks about how to layout, arrange, and construct a container structure
Uncover products that will improve the aesthetic and functionality of your container building
Can't 'Contain' Yourself Any Longer?!
Our eBook and floor plans will inspire your creativity and distill container construction into understandable and achievable steps. Join thousands of other customers who have taken the leap towards owning a container home!
At Discover Containers, we share our passion for shipping container projects by inspiring, teaching, and equipping others to get started with building or buying one of their own!
Since 2015, we’ve been helping people understand building with shipping containers by researching, analyzing, and collecting the very best information on everything related to this unique building style.
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– Aaron, Owner of Discover Containers
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