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 ...

Container homes are a fascinating and fast-growing subset of the multibillion-dollar home-building industry. Though they can be misunderstood, perhaps the most important thing to know is that if you ...

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

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 ...

After his longtime home was damaged in Hurricane Irma, a local artist/collector made the "impractical" choice to patchwork ...

A tiny house will never go out of style, which makes it a good investment. However, building one from scratch can be prohibitively expensive (unless you ordered a unit from Wayfair or Lowe's). Instead ...

At a typical home construction site, two-by-four beams build the skeleton of a home. Insulation and drywall complete the inner walls. A roof is placed on top; in Florida it’s usually made of shingles, ...

They spent just over a year building the home. — -- When Regan and Libby Foster set out to build a new home in Denver, Colorado, they went to the shipping yard instead of the home improvement ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...