House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning shipping containers into dwelling spaces like homes, cabins, and offices. House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning ...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A Pinellas Park business is thinking outside the box when it comes to giving people the option of high-quality, inexpensive container builds and modifications. The container ...

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 ...

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

Although it hasn’t been around for long, shipping container architecture has already started gaining ground in the building industry. Due to the modular nature of their structure, containers have ...

Tiny houses focus on living more freely and simply in smaller, more efficient spaces. They come in all shapes and forms, and some designs are truly architects’ tiny marvels, displaying great ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids company that gives old shipping containers new life as pools, homes and other living concepts is expanding. Blox CEO Chris Van Doeselaar expects to open the ...

The hottest trend in real estate across the U.S. is a 40-feet metal box. Container homes are taking the country by storm, and now the trend has made its way to Tampa Bay. In an effort to save money on ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you think about buying a home—or even renting one for a short period of time—your mind likely ...