We like the idea of a shipping container as vacation getaway—it’s mobile, inexpensive, and an example of creative reuse at its best. Here, we’ve rounded up our 10 favorite houses made from shipping containers.
![urban rigger is the first in what its founder, kim loudrup, intends 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/urban-rigger-housing-street-view-733x489.jpg)
![a bach (meaning vacation cabin; it\2\17;s short for \2\20;bachelo 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/atelierworkshop-shipping-container-holiday-house-733x500.png)
![an insulated shipping container is repurposed as a modern \2\20;glamping 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/airbnb-farm-glamping-shipping-container-733x1100.jpg)
![a pop up hotel called sleeping around travels the globe according to demand. th 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sleeping-around-hotel-interior-shipping-container-733x488.jpg)
![architect david yama of yamamar design turned a 40 foot highboy shipping contai 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/yamamar-design-container-cabin-house-733x489.jpg)
![two bright blue shipping containers were turned into a 500 square foot flat in 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/airbnb-shipping-container-cultural-dist-fort-worth-733x488.png)
![a guest house/garden retreat/playhouse made from a repurposed steel shipping co 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/poteet-architects-lp-container-guest-house-exterior-733x491.jpg)
![Meka Prefab in the West Village](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Meka-Prefab-in-the-West-Village.jpg)
![the oakland, california, home of architect stephen shoup of building lab inc. h 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/stephen-shoup-building-lab-inc-container-house-aya-brackett-733x489.jpg)
![a modern beach house by way of converted shipping containers on carolina beach 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/airbnb-modern-beach-container-house-carolina-beach-733x488.png)
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N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran on July 3, 2012.
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