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

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 ...

Amazon has a tiny house for sale with up to four bedrooms, a rooftop deck, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a wrap-around porch ...

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 ...

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

This kind of shipping container housing makes sense. When I was back in architecture school playing with shipping containers, it never occurred to me to treat them as empty boxes. Shipping containers ...

In this economy, downsizing makes sense for a lot of reasons besides environmental concerns. That’s not to say, though, that the rich can’t put a very artsy spin on downsizing – and this is exactly ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you think about buying a home—or even renting one for a short period of time—your mind likely ...

The modern marvel at 19140 Glades Place in the exclusive M25 section of Mountainside at Northstar was built using a series of shipping containers that were combined on-site. A one-of-a-kind ski-in/ski ...

A two-story, contemporary home made of shipping containers in an older neighborhood in north Ferndale is off the market. The house was featured in a March article in the Detroit Free Press about ...