SEVERANCE — We’ve seen them house small businesses, restaurants, even a hotel. Now shipping containers are considered as primary dwelling units, additional dwelling units, home offices and studios.

Alternative Living Spaces specializes in turning shipping containers into livable spaces, such as one-bedroom homes. The standard 40-foot long shipping container home comes with a bedroom, bathroom, ...

Once confined to the docks and cargo ships, shipping containers have transformed from simple metal boxes into versatile assets used across countless industries. Originally designed to transport goods ...

This extraordinary 900 sq ft home in rural Texas proves that shipping containers can be transformed into modern, livable spaces. Designed by Backcountry Containers, the Modern Side Stack is built from ...

Mike Corvi caught the cargo container bug about three years ago, after reading a magazine article about shipping containers being turned into housing for Aborigines in Australia's northern territories ...

With its affordability, ubiquity and ease of transport, the shipping container continues to inspire architects and designers. This latest example of its enduring popularity comes from Backcountry ...

An Oakland entrepreneur is converting shipping containers into affordable housing. Luke Iseman lives in a shipping container in Oakland. “Fed up with rent, I realized it would be cheaper to buy a ...

From woodcarvings and pottery to aging-in-place specialists and pollinator protectors, you'll find something of interest at the Portland House & Outdoor Living Show April 6-8 at the Oregon Convention ...

NEIGHBORS IN A BREVARD COUNTY BEACH TOWN ARE APPEALING TO THE COUNTY. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE UPSET AFTER A HOMEOWNER THERE BEGAN BUILDING A STRUCTURE OUT OF A SHIPPING CONTAINER IN HIS BACKYARD. WESH 2 ...

Matt Hickman is an associate editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. His writing has been featured in Curbed, Apartment Therapy, URBAN-X, and more. Many shipping container homes are stacked and linked ...