The Cordell House

Oh man. I CANNOT wait for the day I can build a house out of shipping containers (an idea I have had for YEARS). Until then, however, I will continue to share my inspiration and findings with you fine people. Check this shit.

Developers Katie Nichols and John Walker have focused their careers on creating affordable, sustainable, design-intensive homes for creative, urban people in Houston, Texas. Nichols and Walker created the Cordell House shipping container home a few miles north of the city.

The Cordell House is built upon a framework of four individual shipping containers– three 40′ units and one 20′ unit. The large units house the bedrooms and living rooms of the home, while the 20′ unit is dedicated as a kitchen. These pieces were fused on a 5,000 square foot lot, taking up 1,858 square feet for the living space itself.

This complex also features a guest house separated by an 800 square foot breezeway patio (shown below). Altogether, the Cordell House is sustainable in material, progressive in design and vibrant as a habitat. I cannot wait to see more from this amazing up-and-coming design duo.