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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With their proposal to build a dozen homes from shipping containers on the South Side stalled, a pair of developers now plan to build homes made from the metal containers in south suburban Ford ...

What Is a Shipping Container Home? A shipping container home is a residence that uses a gently used or one-time-use shipping container as the exterior shell of a home. Instead of building a structure ...