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

The Double Duo shipping container-based tiny house is not built from one container like we usually see, but two. The extra floorspace allows it to offer a roomy interior arranged around a large living ...

FERNDALE, Michigan – Its two-story, modern design stands out in the older neighborhood of many ranches and bungalows. Inside the front door, a floating staircase tailored from wood and steel leads up ...

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 ...

Shipping container tiny houses are an alternative living space idea that has grown in popularity lately, even though, from the outside, such a home might not have a lot of appeal. What makes them a ...

Shipping container houses may be made of inexpensive recycled materials, but that doesn’t mean they’re cheap. Case in point: a unique net-zero home in Boulder, Colorado that just sold for $3.15 ...

Its two-story, modern design stands out in the older neighborhood of many ranches and bungalows. Inside the front door, a floating staircase tailored from wood and steel leads up to the living room, ...

Josh McBee first saw a shipping container home online one day in late 2012. His one-bedroom apartment in Venice Beach, California was feeling progressively smaller, and the blue guest house he saw ...

A two-story, contemporary home made of shipping containers in an older neighborhood in north Ferndale is off the market. The house was featured in a March article in the Detroit Free Press about ...

A house made with shipping containers that took nearly four years to build because it was so unusual took just a few days to sell. Mary Jo Knapik, who in August completed and moved into the ...