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The Dallas-Fort Worth region is home to the Cowboys, Exxon Mobil, Texas Instruments, Southwest Airlines and other big businesses. It’s also becoming a hotbed for shipping container architecture as individuals and commercial businesses gravitate toward re-purposing used containers for a variety of building projects and storage facilities.

From tiny shipping container homes in Salida, Colorado, near the Arkansas River to the 29 shipping containers that serve as stores and restaurants in RiNo’s entertainment hot spot in Denver, shipping container architecture is booming in Colorado.

 

Steel boxes move nearly everything you use every day. They cross oceans, ride railways, sit on job sites, and become storage units, offices, cabins, and even homes. What makes them so dependable is not luck. It is a carefully engineered manufacturing process designed for strength, consistency, and long service life.

While there are only so many brick-and-mortar hospitals and treatment centers available, sometimes it’s necessary to find creative ways to provide critical care when and where it’s needed. One trend that has emerged in the past few years – and even more recently with the COVID-19 pandemic – is converting shipping containers into “pop-up” medical treatment or storage facilities.

There are plenty of options for those who like the unique architecture and functionality of a Conex home but lack the imagination and building skills to create their own outside-the-box design. There are shipping container home design companies specializing in designing and building Conex container homes and offering customers various basic floor plan ideas.

While most buyers ultimately choose a more common or popular style, some dare to be different by embracing home designs that are unique or trendy. One option gaining momentum is converting a shipping container into a residence. According to a study by Allied Market Research, the global shipping container homes market is expected to reach $73,070.5 million by 2025, up from $44,768.6 million in 2017.

Unless specifically built to be refrigerated, shipping containers are just like your car – external conditions dictate the internal temperature. The shipping containers are typically made from steel, which conducts heat very well. Temperature control is significant if you’re living in your shipping container, using it as an office, or storing items that are especially susceptible to heat and humidity.

The only thing better than a well-constructed, secure, and spacious shipping container shed is if it's well organized, so you’re not wasting time trying to find the lawn, gardening, or home improvement tools and equipment you need. With so many outside chores to get done before the sun goes down, you can’t afford to waste a minute of daylight.

Instead of investing a lot of money and time into building a standard wooden shed, purchasing a steel shipping container to serve as your garden shed is the ideal solution. Shipping containers make great garden sheds for many reasons, mainly because they are cost-effective, durable, safe, secure, and long-lasting.

With spring now in full bloom, your honey-do list may include spring cleaning, and reshuffling all your lawn and garden tools in your garage. Have you been wanting to purchase a shed for all your yard gadgets but have been reluctant to pay the cost? How about considering a used shipping container instead.

 

  Personal and business vehicles. Lawn and farm equipment. Tools and workbenches. Outdoor furniture and pool equipment.  No matter what size garage...

Moving to a new place requires lots of time, effort, and planning, which can quickly become an overwhelming ordeal. Between all of the packing, wrapping, and boxes piling up around you – not to mention the pricey quotes you’ve received from five different moving companies – moving may very well seem like an insurmountable task.