Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cargo container house. Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a ...

You know the intermodal freight container by its more common name, the shipping container. First used in 1956 to transport goods aboard a tanker sailing from Newark to Houston, the shipping ...

The housing world has never been constant. Every other time, something new comes up and takes over the space. One that has marked its spot and stuck to it is shipping container homes. Photo courtesy ...

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

Repurposing shipping containers and morphing them into beautiful living spaces is a popular home trend at the moment. Due to their durability and movability, shipping containers have become a popular ...

Shipping containers have become quite popular lately seeing how they can be repurposed into all sorts of cool housing ...

Industrial shipping containers are usually associated with confined spaces, but they have become quite popular among architects for creating very diverse buildings, including residential homes.

Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...

There's a lively debate about whether housing made from shipping containers makes sense. After all, shipping containers were designed specifically for transporting goods efficiently around the world, ...

With millions of shipping containers lying empty at ports around the world, it may seem like repurposing them to construct buildings would be a clear environmental winner. The reality of building with ...