How would you like to live in shipping containers? Might sound crazy, but the house pictured is just that -- seven recycled steel shipping containers, recycled to create one eco-friendly home. Bernard Morin and Joyce Labelle, an architect and his wife in Ste. Adele, Quebec, built this 3,000 square foot home for only $175,000 -- saving them about $225,000. And now Morin hopes to make a business out of the design. The home, built in a Cubist style to accommodate the sloping setting, is resistant to rust, mold, termites and fire. Is this the wave of the future? Would you buy one? Check out our video series documenting the building of a home with shipping containers.
I would definitely buy one. Since we first saw the beginnings of using shipping containers for buildings, we were intrigued, especially since it is so inexpensive. We were thinking about using a few for a garage.
This home that Mr. Morin designed is actually quite nice and you may not even know it was made out of containers.
