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 ...

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 ...

Imagine owning a home for less than the cost of a new sedan. Thanks to innovative designs and affordability, shipping container homes are making this dream a reality for many. These sustainable and ...

IT TOOK AWHILE for shipping-container homes to come to Indianapolis (insert landlocked joke here), but the first one that arrived is extra-special—it’s designed by Travis Price Architects in ...

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One of the fastest-growing trends in prefabricated housing is the use of shipping containers to build homes. These properties ...

Lexi and Diego Newkirk built a two-story shipping container home on their land in Texas. They invested about $100,000 in the home, building a full-size kitchen and a luxury bathroom. The Newkirks plan ...

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Shipping containers were designed to move anywhere in the world; there are cranes and ships and trucks designed to move them. They were designed to be secure. They were designed to resist anything ...

A Florida man has reportedly found a unique way to build his new home – with old shipping containers. Asghar Fathi is the architect behind the uncommon dwelling being worked on in Davie, Florida, ...