The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that they ...

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 ...

Shipping containers are being transformed to provide housing. Can they be affordable? We are used to seeing shipping containers as a mode of transporting goods by land or sea. We see them on the backs ...

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 ...

A Texas couple spent $60k building their dream home in a charming rural area near their big city hometown — using just two 40 ft. shipping containers. Lexi Newkirk, 24, and her husband, Diego, 25, ...

LAKE WORTH BEACH — The most talked about home in Lake Worth Beach these days is a shipping container. Roger Bennett, a former public relations executive for Ford Motor Co., is building a two-bedroom, ...

The shipping container home could offer residents an affordable option in an increasingly pricey part of the city.

Company says its third-generation design blends spacious interiors with enhanced safety, sustainability and versatile use - ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man in the Flour Bluff area is building homes out of shipping containers. Jeremy Spear is Co-founder of Boxx Builder, the company focuses on building high quality container ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- One swashbuckling South Union-area entrepreneur is making a move in a nascent community while other real estate investors' interests are focused elsewhere. Sean Krieger, originally ...

There's only so much functionality you can pack into a limited space like the one provided by a high-cube container using modular furniture and re-prioritizing features. For a true standout home built ...