Aside from transporting goods, shipping containers can be used to build schools, homes, and even a modular city, complete with all the luxuries you’d expect from a modern community. Continue reading to view them all. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Daltonschool

Located in the Netherlands, Daltonschool is comprised of dozens of shipping containers for their low manufacturing costs and availability.

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Sustainable Living Space

Despite looking suspiciously similar to a shipping container, this sustainable home opens up at the push of a button. All the staples of a luxurious pad are in place: bed, flatscreen TV, kitchen, living room, and even a library.

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Modular Shipping Container City

If “less is more” is your personal motto, then check out these nifty modular shipping container homes (London), which “enables construction times and cost to be reduced by up to half that of traditional building techniques while remaining significantly more environmentally friendly.”