20ft High Cube Shipping Containers - Aurora, Colorado
Same 150-sq-ft footprint as the standard 20, with a full extra foot of exterior wall - Aurora's smartest pick for compact backyard studios.
The 20ft High Cube splits the difference perfectly: it keeps the small footprint that fits tight Aurora and Stapleton lots, but adds a full 12 inches of exterior wall over the standard 20. That extra height is what makes a finished interior actually pleasant to occupy. After 2 inches of closed-cell roof foam and a finished floor, you walk into roughly an 8-foot ceiling instead of the cramped 7'2" of the Standard 20.
For Front Range customers building a backyard office they actually want to spend the workday in, a music or art studio, or a compact ADU on an infill lot, this is the size we point them at first. The premium over a Standard 20 is real but small - typically a few hundred dollars at any given condition grade - and the difference in finished feel is dramatic.
The HC variant uses identical foundations, identical delivery clearances, and identical permit pathways as a Standard 20. The only real consideration is the 9'6" exterior height - worth checking against your HOA’s accessory-structure height envelope before committing.