Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those large shipping crates that we see traveling the seas only take one trip sometimes. Thankfully, most of them become something ...

The real housing crisis didn’t happen in the early 2000s. It’s happening right now, as both Canada and the U.S. find that the need for affordable housing is growing more and more desperate every day.

When homeowner Rosie dreams, she dreams big. Yet her home is anything but. Totaling only 60 square meters, her off-grid home is made from shipping containers, creating an environment that transports ...

Shipping containers have been retrofitted to become homes, hotels, dorms, and transitional housing for people facing homelessness. But in the Czech Republic, they are now the foundation of a ...

Functioning a little like oversized Lego, the versatility of shipping containers ensures that architects never run out of ideas for using them as building blocks. This example, designed by Atelier-r, ...

A new tiny home community made from recycled shipping containers is planned in Volusia County as part of an effort to provide ...

Forty-five shipping containers have been recycled into a new apartment complex near Papago Park in east Phoenix. Tudo Capital recently announced the completion of Stacks on Polk, a 19-unit complex ...

DAYTONA BEACH — When you think of affordable housing, you probably picture no-frills apartments, 1,200-square-foot houses in impoverished neighborhoods and tiny homes. Here's what's probably not on ...

From beginning each school day with P.E. class to being the only LAUSD all-girls school in the San Fernando Valley, the Girls Athletic Leadership School loves to stand out. But perhaps what stands out ...

Modpools takes single-use shipping containers and makes them into customizable (and transportable) backyard pools for families. There are some truly creative ways to recycle and/or repurpose materials ...