This is my new Shipping Container House Design for a residence in Portugal. The garden area, which is actually a terraced greenhouse, lies inside stone walls of this modern house made up of four shipping containers. Timber framing construction, with a wraparound deck and blue stone curved walls set into a mountain. Inside / underneath the greenhouse is a bar and jacuzzi, with a lounge area sitting adjacent toward the front of the house.

This shipping container house design has a modern living room which extends seamlessly into a bar and patio (and jacuzzi) area, which also serves as a greenhouse. Blue stone terraced walls line the back of the greenhouse room. The ceiling/roof is a timber framed pergola.

The living room / lounge area is open-air, separated by metal and glass doors from the bar and greenhouse area.  For cold weather times, barn doors are installed on a track underneath the deck, enclosing the area for heating.

Two parallel shipping containers – the bathroom and bedroom – face the front of the house, capped on both ends with metal and glass french doors. The living room lies beneath the upper two shipping containers which are stacked adjacent to each other on top.

Above is an extension of the greenhouse into the side yard. Cedar planters and a cedar / redwood deck, with timbers that extend above the house to provide shade and cooling for the summer season.

The lower half of the house connects to the upper half by a spiral staircase, which sits next to the bathroom inside the green house / bar area.

Solar panels line the top of the house-length pergola design, both fulfilling any electrical needs and also giving shade to the house for warm weather months. The pergola beams are steel i-beams cladded with cedar, giving ultimate stability while maintaining the rough-sawn wood theme of this shipping container house design.

The jacuzzi and bar!