In Ernest Cline’s wildly popular novel, Ready Player One, people have been reduced to living in mobile homes stacked 10 and 20 high, bolted together with little more than rivets and bubble gum. Now, a ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you think about buying a home—or even renting one for a short period of time—your mind likely ...

Container homes are a fascinating and fast-growing subset of the multibillion-dollar home-building industry. Though they can be misunderstood, perhaps the most important thing to know is that if you ...

This post originally appeared on The Wayward Home. Click through the gallery above to see nine model home styles currently on the market. Shipping container homes are an affordable and eco-friendly ...

It seems like humans will live in just about anything with a roof. In modern times, humans can be seen living out of things like shipping containers. And what a life! That's what we'll be taking a ...

Josh Atencio plans to be living in recycled shipping containers by year-end. Atencio isn’t down on his luck. Rather, he’s embracing a trend toward modular, portable, lower-cost housing. His home, ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Over in Brazil, a local architecture studio, Plano Livre, ...

Walking through the 8-foot by 40-foot shipping container, people talked among themselves, noting the large kitchen, pointing out the storage space and exclaiming shock at the sight of the full tub.

James “Jimmy” Thompson lay awake on concrete, hoping he’d be able to fall asleep – praying even more he’d wake up in the morning. His feet, hobbled and pained from living on the street, were a ...

A streamlined cargo container home on display at the Kentucky State Fair was met with rave reviews and will soon house a single mother in Appalachia. Next year, five of the steel boxes will be ...

After seeing a post on Inhabitat titled Compact Prefab House is Made from a Single Shipping Container in Milan, Architect and writer Lance Hosey tweets: When will the shipping-container-home fad die?