Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cargo container house. Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a ...

POPULAR local tourist destination Loch Sport’s newest home is defying conventionality and challenging what a house can be. It’s built like LEGO blocks from three shipping containers and takes eight to ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The housing world has never been constant. Every other time, something new comes up and takes over the space. One that has marked its ...

From the forests of the Cascade Mountains outside Seattle to the countryside in Lille, France, these dwellings prove that ...

Living in a shipping container may sound weird, but it is possible. Not only are these containers sturdy enough to withstand difficult weather, but they're also not stuck to a foundation like a ...

House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning shipping containers into dwelling spaces like homes, cabins, and offices. House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning ...

The lumber shortage and price increases on other building materials have forced many builders to think outside the box when it comes to living conditions. A company in Minnesota has created a home ...

Fabian Low grew up in an island off mainland Singapore. Today, he lives in a tiny house in the valleys of New Zealand. The 43-year-old mental health practitioner was born in Singapore and moved to New ...

Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...

With their proposal to build a dozen homes from shipping containers on the South Side stalled, a pair of developers now plan to build homes made from the metal containers in south suburban Ford ...

What Is a Shipping Container Home? A shipping container home is a residence that uses a gently used or one-time-use shipping container as the exterior shell of a home. Instead of building a structure ...