Converted from standard shipping containers, container homes offer advantages such as low construction cost, robust structure ...

Many people dream of downsizing into a tiny house or off-grid cabin to reduce their expenses and simplify their lives. But the process of making that dream a reality can be both tricky and expensive, ...

This 20-acre property in Northern Wisconsin makes for the ideal vacation home with "complete privacy and the freedom of ...

Shipping container residences can be elaborate and complex, but sometimes bringing it back to basics is the key to good living. At the request of their client, San Francisco-based architects YAMAMAR ...

Minimalist living and downsizing are still very much "in" right now, but that's not to say there isn't any room left for getting creative. And "creative" is just the right descriptor for this home, an ...

Using old shipping containers is seen as an environmentally friendly means of constructing new homes. Taking this one step further, Sustainer Homes has begun making off-grid container dwellings that ...

Electrical grid complexity has increased immensely. Recently, weather damage and intermittent renewable energy production have increased the dynamics that must be managed in a large power grid. In ...