SEVERANCE — We’ve seen them house small businesses, restaurants, even a hotel. Now shipping containers are considered as primary dwelling units, additional dwelling units, home offices and studios.

Once confined to the docks and cargo ships, shipping containers have transformed from simple metal boxes into versatile assets used across countless industries. Originally designed to transport goods ...

Alternative Living Spaces specializes in turning shipping containers into livable spaces, such as one-bedroom homes. The standard 40-foot long shipping container home comes with a bedroom, bathroom, ...

This extraordinary 900 sq ft home in rural Texas proves that shipping containers can be transformed into modern, livable spaces. Designed by Backcountry Containers, the Modern Side Stack is built from ...

An Oakland entrepreneur is converting shipping containers into affordable housing. Luke Iseman lives in a shipping container in Oakland. “Fed up with rent, I realized it would be cheaper to buy a ...

NEIGHBORS IN A BREVARD COUNTY BEACH TOWN ARE APPEALING TO THE COUNTY. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE UPSET AFTER A HOMEOWNER THERE BEGAN BUILDING A STRUCTURE OUT OF A SHIPPING CONTAINER IN HIS BACKYARD. WESH 2 ...