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Beer Can House: Courtesy of Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

Houston's Beer Can House, created by the late John Milkovisch in the 200 block of Malone.

Michael Bleyzer's 15,000-square-foot "magic house" on the banks of Buffalo Bayou has an iPad control system that operates a series of nine televisions and other electronic components in his 15,000-square-foot house overlooking a wooded nature preserve on the banks of Buffalo Bayou and designed by the firm Stern & Bucek. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )

Artists Dean Ruck, left, and Dan Havel at the funnel or chute that runs through a wood bungalow they have deconstructed to reinvent inside out. 1953 Montrose (at Willard St.) (For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain)

Lindsey Hardin, left, and Samantha Santoski walk through "inversion", a sculpture by Dan Havel and Dean Ruck, Wednesday, May 4, 2005, in Houston. Havel and Ruck are transforming two Art League houses into a funnel-like vortex between two houses, where the exterior skin of the home will be peeled back beginning on the west wall and narrowed into a narrowing spiral that ends on the east wall. (Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle)

When homeowners near the east side of White Rock Lake in Dallas saw a fleet of shipping containers heading into their neighborhood, they immediately followed the 18-wheelers to see what was going on. To their surprise, these large steel boxes came together to create a unique, efficient home with one of the best views in the city.

Matt Mooney, an architect and a managing principal at the architecture firm Corgan, created the house that he'd imagined building 25 years ago, long before shipping container structures became a trendy design concept.

Mooney and his wife, Barbara, took these industrial materials and repurposed them into a 3,700-square-foot contemporary home that brings in the surrounding nature views.

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Composed of 14 shipping containers, the three-bedroom, 3,700-square-foot house features deep balconies that let in natural light without exposing the home's interior to direct sunlight. Portions of the containers show through thanks to exposed corrugated ceilings and container gates that have been converted into sliding doors.

On the ground level, polished cement floors enhance the structure's industrial aesthetic, and doorway frames create distinct spaces in the open-floor layout. Colorful accent walls contrast with the grey cement and help to brighten up the space.

Upstairs, sleek maple floors and walls of floor-to-ceiling windows draw attention to the beautiful nature views.

Outside, a 1,400-square-foot roof deck offers a view of the lake and the Dallas skyline beyond. On the ground floor, a 40-foot-long swimming pool aligns with the house's tallest wall, creating a striking visual effect.

The house was on display for a tour organized by the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 2015.

While that tour has come and gone, you can take a tour of the newly completed structure in the slides above.