The skyrocketing price of lumber is making people think twice about building a cottage. Saltbox is a Halifax-based company that has a sustainable solution to this problem — converting old shipping ...

Ah, the unassuming shipping container. It's really nothing more than a big steel box with a couple of doors. At any given time, millions of containers are piled on ships plying the world's waterways.

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, ...

Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...

Cora Coleman grew up scratching out designs on graph paper and flipping through pages of map books. She is the third generation in her family working in real estate in Houston. She is also a ...

A couple gave up renting and moved into a shipping container but managed to save $400,000 (£304,458) in the process. Miriam, 31, and husband Eric Guiterrez, 32, previously lived in Las Vegas and were ...

The Indianapolis Home Show organizers are ready to show you a house in ship-shape. In fact, one might even say shipping shape. That’s because the event Jan. 20-29 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and ...

A shipping container converted into a vacation rental has been branded "an abomination" by furious local lawmakers. The container, which has no planning permission, came under scrutiny by concerned ...

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