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.

The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally ...

Lee Easton, a co-owner of ModernBlox, said the company has garnered a lot of positive response since launching the website last year. He said he hopes to transport the model to Tulsa and open it for ...

The tiny home trend has taken off, but it's not the only alternative to home buying for those looking for something less ...

With a little bit of skill and imagination, you can turn any place into an accommodation. This 20-ft shipping container was transformed into a beautiful tiny home that’s equipped with all the ...

Trebventure follows a family of five who transitioned from living in a functional school bus conversion tiny home to establishing a homestead oasis in New Mexico. After six months of travel, they ...

A record-breaking number of shipping containers are backlogged at LA ports as supply-chain woes continue. But after 15 to 20 years of carrying freight, some containers "retire" into a second life. See ...

Shipping containers, once primarily used for transporting goods, are now emerging as an innovative housing trend in metro Detroit. A new development of single-family container homes on Detroit's east ...

Backcountry Containers has designed lots of different types of shipping container homes, from large residential units to smaller rural retreats. For its Luke tiny house, the firm connects a large and ...

In the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, a new affordable multifamily housing project using shipping containers resulted in 24 micro-units for formerly unhoused residents, according to Fast Company. ...