Once upon a time, you had to buy passage on a freight ship headed out to sea in order to see a stack of containers piled high to the sky all around you. Nowadays more and more architects and builders ...

Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a railroad car intriguing. In fact, that is probably more likely the case now than ever before ...

Affordable, eco-friendly and fast to build, shipping container homes offer no end of architectural possibilities. These extra-tough units can be stacked in almost any layout, not to mention customised ...

Chuck Lemieux thinks he's hit on the perfect home for modern families: an affordable structure that offers durability and a flexible floor plan and one that can easily expand, with all the renovations ...

Work is scheduled to begin Tuesday on the first single-family home built of shipping containers in Columbus. The nonprofit agency Nothing Into Something Real Estate plans to break ground on the first ...

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, ...

This story was originally published by Curbed before it joined New York Magazine. You can visit the Curbed archive at archive.curbed.com to read all stories published before October 2020. Shipping ...

Three 40-foot steel shipping containers are soon to become home sweet home for Englewood couple Kathryn and William Birkholz. Three 40-foot steel shipping containers are soon to become home sweet home ...

Completed in March 2019, this modular home in the East Hampton town of Amagansett, Long Island encompasses a kitchen, four bedrooms and three bathrooms within 1,800 square feet of living space. Four ...

DETROIT - By fall, there could be three new condominium complexes made out of used shipping containers in Detroit. Leslie Horn, CEO of Three Squared Construction, said Tuesday that her North Corktown ...

These extra-tough units can be stacked in almost any layout, not to mention customised with every luxury amenity under the sun. From metal mansions to stylish industrial retreats, we've rounded up the ...