The 640 square foot home packs in a bevy of green building features. Starting on the exterior, a rainwater capturing system harvests rainwater from the roof for landscape irrigation. That same roof ...

Are shipping container homes actually good for the environment? The reality is more complex than it appears on the surface.

Connect Homes started making modular tiny houses, but now cities are starting to use its units as a quick way to build new supportive housing. These Gorgeous Sustainable Pre-Fab Houses Fit In A ...

Matt Hickman is an associate editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. His writing has been featured in Curbed, Apartment Therapy, URBAN-X, and more. Many shipping container homes are stacked and linked ...

Do you have an inordinate amount of shipping containers? Are you trying to figure out what to do with all them? In the unlikely event that the answer to this question is “yes,” you’ll be pleased to ...

Canadian company HonoMobo is taking the stress out of building a new home with its ultra-green, ultra-swanky shipping container homes that can be sent anywhere in North America. Designed to be move-in ...

Explores a mix of housing solutions, including ADUs, container homes, and modular. Join the Brick by Brick team of solutions journalists as they look at three more supply-side responses to the housing ...

Container homes have grown in popularity as a sustainable and affordable alternative to traditional housing. Built from recycled shipping containers, their structure allows for versatile designs, ...

EVERY few years, Jamaica returns to the same uneasy conversation: Should container-built homes play a role in our housing future? The question resurfaces whenever pressure builds — after a hurricane, ...