This house in Wellington, New Zealand, is built from the housing material of the future: Shipping containers. Perhaps because there’s been a global shipping container shortage, the containers have ...

We’re always excited to see architects reuse industrial materials, and in the prefab world there’s no match for the simplicity, low cost, and customization capabilities of the stalwart shipping ...

Building a container home was a dream come true for homeowners Shawn and Mike McConkey. Mike, an architectural engineer and construction superintendent was able to do a good portion of the building, ...

People’s heads aren’t the only places you can live rent-free. An enterprising Scottish woman is bypassing extortionate housing costs by living rent-free in a shipping container — where her expenses ...

Sonic Steel, the creator of the Mark T, recently completed another notable example of shipping container-based architecture. Named the Mark VI - VIC, the tiny house features a well-designed interior ...

Custom Container Living, the Archie, Missouri-based shipping container specialist behind the unnamed tiny house, has shared another recently-completed build with us. Once again unnamed, this one is ...

An older couple living off–grid on their own land fear being left homeless ‘on the side of the road’ by the local authority over a lack of planning permission for their home. Michelle and Malcolm ...

Robyn Swan, 33, made the dramatic decision to sell off all her belongings and move out of her house in December 2023 to start a new life off-grid in rural Scotland. She bought a seven-acre piece of ...