Paul Stankey (and family) not only bought his structural materials on the cheap, but also used simple do-it-yourself processes to construct his cargo container house step by simple step.
On top of the metal shipping boxes, a wood-framed wall-and-roof system was constructed to extend the height and provide sloped rainwater drainage (leading to an on-site gray-water system). Plywood, prefab doors and windows, and the infill exterior sections were enclosed with relative ease.
The final result looks like a strange but compelling hybrid of contemporary design, classic building parts and cargo containers raised on pillars that cannot help but remind any designer or design historian of the great Modernist works of Le Corbusier.
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