Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Houses and offices made from shipping containers are being manufactured in South Mississippi. Brittany Kahler is the chief ...

Backcountry Containers has designed lots of different types of shipping container homes, from large residential units to smaller rural retreats. For its Luke tiny house, the firm connects a large and ...

From tiny houses to apartment buildings, art galleries and more, architects never seem to tire of experimenting with shipping containers. This neat example of the metal boxes' versatility consists of ...

Volunteers of America unveiled its 320-square-feet shipping container home on the National Mall this weekend. The house will be rented out to a veteran in Durham, North Carolina. (Courtesy Volunteers ...

Meet Teresa & Mike as they embrace simple living in their golden years with their cozy small home by the ocean. Initially ...

After more than three years of planning, persistence, manual labor and financial investment in a dream that would not die, affordable housing activist Glen Gibellina wants the world to know about his ...

Shipping containers have long been the backbone of global trade, but in recent years they’ve taken on an even more transformative role in modern logistics. As supply chains evolve and customer ...

This 45-Foot Shipping Container Home Cost Under $20K—And the View Is Worth a Million ...

Shipping containers are so common they often blend into the background, but these humble 20 (or 40)-foot metal boxes are a recent invention, and we can thank (or curse) them for creating the modern ...

The real housing crisis didn’t happen in the early 2000s. It’s happening right now, as both Canada and the U.S. find that the need for affordable housing is growing more and more desperate every day.