Move over, cubicles. Shipping containers are the new office revolution and it is here to stay. What used to be usual metal boxes to spend their days crossing oceans are now transformed into the current workspaces. A custom container office is not a figment of imagination, but it is real. They provide a versatile useful area that ensures everything is new whether you pile them or use them as independent units or even one in your back yard. It is the best to those who would like to work at home and yet not to be too much at home.

The most surprising thing is the comfort these containers may have. Steel can be made remarkably homely with a little insulation and intelligent design. Others go a step further to have rooftop decks or sliding glass walls to give it that extra panache. Suppose you were drinking your coffee and the rain was falling just a little on the metal–not very noisy, is it? Gone are the days of looking at boring gray walls of the office. In its place, you have a mobile workspace as mobile as your thoughts.

Let’s talk about speed. A conventional office may take indefinitely to be constructed, months or even years. But a container office? You see that you have a question of weeks. Install it, connect it and you then have a fully operational headquarters. This is the dream come true in the case of startups and remote teams. Add a container when it comes to expanding. There is no procrastination in construction and no protracted back and forth with the contractors, a smooth flow between thinking and getting it underway.

Container offices are cost effective besides the fact that they look good and can be set up within a short time. Reusing containers reduces waste and material prices, and hence are an environmentally friendly solution to business. They are the ideal minimalist fantasy, simple, well-functioning, and useful. All you want, none you want to know.

Here’s a fun story. A small design company chose to construct their first office out of the two shipping containers. The founder referred to it as a work in a huge Lego set. They also conducted staff meetings with string lights in the open-air which made it an enjoyable and easy time. The space was a design statement and even surprised clients when they saw the space. Sometimes an unexpected office arrangement can distinguish you and make a statement that lacks utterance.

Naturally, there is no alternative that is free of challenges. It can be challenging to control the temperature, air conditioning, and zoning laws. The unusual office arrangements may be looked at with suspicion by some cities. But ingenious constructors can work out solutions to these problems– better insulation, cooling apparatus and plans that make the most of every inch of the space.

Container offices are not merely a matter of money savings or material recovery at the end of the day. They are a change of perspective regarding spaces of work, which become mobile and changeable and no longer confined to traditional spaces. Work does not necessarily remain at four solid walls any longer. This is because sometimes the best ideas are those that are thought out of the box or in other words, inside the box.