Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Walking through the 8-foot by 40-foot shipping container, people talked among themselves, noting the large kitchen, pointing out the storage space and ...

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The trend grew and shipping container homes are popular even today. In case you're not totally sold on the idea of owning a ...

They're sleek. They're innovative. They're metal. They're eco-conscious and sustainable. Did we mention hip? It's little wonder that shipping container homes have become a national obsession, ...

Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a railroad car intriguing. In fact, that is probably more likely the case now than ever before ...

Houses built out of repurposed shipping containers are quite controversial. Some love them and some hate them and there are ...

The Double Duo shipping container-based tiny house is not built from one container like we usually see, but two. The extra floorspace allows it to offer a roomy interior arranged around a large living ...

San DiegoSan Diego — The region’s first housing project made from shipping containers could open as soon as April, providing homes for 21 formerly homeless veterans and possibly paving the way for ...

This post originally appeared on The Wayward Home. Click through the gallery above to see nine model home styles currently on the market. Shipping container homes are an affordable and eco-friendly ...

FERNDALE, Michigan – Its two-story, modern design stands out in the older neighborhood of many ranches and bungalows. Inside the front door, a floating staircase tailored from wood and steel leads up ...

Tiny house builder Escape is trying something different with its latest model, the Vista C. As its name suggests, the dwelling is part of the firm's Vista line, but is based around a shipping ...