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 ...

When a shortage of student accommodation became an issue in Copenhagen in Denmark five years ago, a housing start-up decided it had the answer. It would build low-cost apartments using shipping ...

Carpenter Adam Collier-Woods spent five months building a sustainable holiday home after losing his converted double-decker bus in a fire. When the so-called Big Green Bus went up in smoke, he not ...

Building on a steep mountainside is not for the faint of heart, even with traditional building materials. But for Tash Hardy and her husband, a builder, the creation of her family home was anything ...

A woman and her family are getting ready to move into their new home after it was built from scratch using recycled shipping containers that cost as much as a parking space in London. Fiona Horsey ...

The lumber shortage and price increases on other building materials have forced many builders to think outside the box when it comes to living conditions. A company in Minnesota has created a home ...

Lexi Newkirk and her husband, Diego, are building the house on their 12.5-acre property in Texas In 2024, Lexi Newkirk and her husband, Diego, purchased a 12.5-acre property in Texas Hill Country Soon ...

Architect Brian Stark wants to tackle the country's affordable housing crisis — one shipping container at a time.