Are shipping container homes actually good for the environment? The reality is more complex than it appears on the surface.

Many people dream of downsizing into a tiny house or off-grid cabin to reduce their expenses and simplify their lives. But the process of making that dream a reality can be both tricky and expensive, ...

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 ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

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Love them or hate them, shipping containers continue to spark the imaginations of architects worldwide. The latest example is the Container House, a vacation home expands its limited living space with ...

Explores a mix of housing solutions, including ADUs, container homes, and modular. Join the Brick by Brick team of solutions journalists as they look at three more supply-side responses to the housing ...

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 ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The newest house in your neighborhood could have once shipped a fleet of lawnmowers across the ocean. That’s because on Tuesday, Fort Wayne City Council passed an ordinance ...

Container homes have grown in popularity as a sustainable and affordable alternative to traditional housing. Built from recycled shipping containers, their structure allows for versatile designs, ...