It pretty much has to be a "high cube" container to be workable, for the same reason you bring up: not enough height in a standard container. But high cubes do have enough.I actually thought about the shipping container thing for a brief second ( i have 2 but they are full !!) but when i looked at the ceiling heights and the real feasibility of stacking them and cutting into them without structural degradation, it seemed that in the end it may not be that much less expensive of an option; at least where the height is a constraint.
Here's what it looks like when it's done right:
http://johnlsayers.com/Pages/Spark_1.htm
And here's what it sounds like:
Danny Boy
Pretty mind-blowing for such a tiny space!
- Stuart -