This New Jersey Home Is Built of Shipping Containers and Costs Nearly $1 Million
By its nature, architecture comes in all different shapes and forms. From gravity-defying, to more classical styles, the world is filled with examples of daring, at times seemingly dangerous, structures. The materials that go into these buildings are changing with each passing year as well. Recently, there's been an uptick to build skyscrapers using wood—an age-old practice that's come back in vogue due to technological advances that allow the material to become as light and strong as its industrial-age counterparts. Yet making homes out of wood isn't a novel concept. Many Americans currently live in, or grew up in, a house constructed of wood. What about shipping containers? Not many people can lay claim to a home made from a box that was once used to send large pieces of freight from one location to another. A home in New Jersey recently went on the market for $875,000. Of course, the price tag isn't noteworthy. But the way the home was built is not just noteworthy but extraordinary for the fact that it's composed of several steel shipping containers welded together.