A couple builds a new home, repurposing a series of 11 shipping containers and an existing concrete foundation to maximal effect.

Two San Francisco art and travel addicts overhauled a loft—and customized a pair of shipping containers—to accommodate their...

Designed by one of America’s leading cargotecture proponents, this modern shipping container home in New Jersey is seeking a new...

An attractive shipping container house shows the benefits of prefab living.

Every week, we highlight one amazing Dwell home that went viral on Pinterest.

Heritage in the front, modern in the back—this renovation by FMD Architects is a family home with character.

There’s even a shipping container sitting in the kitchen.

Tucked in the pine forests and granite mountains of California’s High Sierra, this home takes a page from the National Park...

This portable dwelling, made of two shipping containers, is ready for its next move.

These shipping containers have left their itinerant lives as vessels that carried goods around the world, only to be reborn as...

Matt and Barbara Mooney worked with Michael Gooden of M Gooden Design, a boutique design firm in Dallas, to build a home out of...

A Brooklyn–based family enlists an architect to radically modernize their 1970s vacation home in Martha's Vineyard.

Think outside the rectangle with these space-efficient shipping container designs.

A compact home’s rhythmic facade and daylight-drenched interiors create a connection to nature.

Gone are the days when shipping containers were used solely for transportation and storage.

Wrapped around a mature oak tree, a light-filled shipping container home embraces the outdoors in more ways than one.

Sited on a typical 25-by-100-foot corner lot in Brooklyn, this 5,000-square-foot residence was built with 21 stacked shipping...

With the South Coast of Australia as its backdrop, this thoughtfully constructed home’s foundation consists of four shipping...

Architect Måns Tham collaborates with a young family to create an efficient and light-filled arrangement of eight shipping...

Near Hocking Hills, Ohio, a design-savvy couple nestle a glossy black shipping container within a heavily wooded—and...

Patrice Rios, founder of interior design firm Troo Designs and custom shipping container business Sige&Honey, has combined her...

Shipping containers make sturdy shells for these ready-to-buy, prefabricated homes.

A designer couple convert three shipping containers into a 530-square-foot, solar-powered dwelling on their family’s farm.

We asked CargoHome about how they transform a cold, steel shell into a warm, elegant, and efficient space.

Part of a new addition, the containers divide the interior spaces and nod to the family’s love of contemporary art.

Built for $200,000 and lowered into place by crane, a compact cargotecture office perfectly slots into an architect’s backyard.

These eco-friendly shipping container homes allow three adult children to be independent while staying close to family.

Melbourne designer Robbie Walker reconfigures two containers with plywood paneling, a hydraulic deck, and steel screens to create...

From start-to-finish, prefabricated shipping container homes are revolutionizing the homebuilding process for the better.

We have seen shipping containers being repurposed for uses ranging from housing to hotels—so it's only logical that some...

Eight shipping containers will be recycled into green-roofed homes for low-income residents in Aylesbury, England.

A shipping container home tackles temperature control in a tropical environment.

With an impressive kitchen and a shaded patio, this desert dwelling is sure to be scooped up.

The eco-friendly escape is powered by solar panels and a wind turbine—and it even includes a full bath.

Cantilevered high above a steep, rocky site, this young family's “Tree House” fully embraces the Australian landscape.

The communal spaces on the top floor of this three-story residence open up to ocean views.