The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that they ...

A Boise startup that built homes from shipping containers rose to national acclaim five years ago. Today, the company is in transition. In 2019, workers at IndieDwell drove one of its steel prototypes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fort Wayne residents now have fewer obstacles to building container homes after the City Council approved a zoning amendment Tuesday. An amendment allowing home day cares outside of the caretaker’s ...

In this economy, downsizing makes sense for a lot of reasons besides environmental concerns. That’s not to say, though, that the rich can’t put a very artsy spin on downsizing – and this is exactly ...