Off-grid cabins offer more than just rustic charm. Building with locally sourced materials reduces costs, while embracing ...

A tiny home is affordable mainly because you do not really need much to build one. Whether you decide to buy an already-made model or create it from scratch, the price is still much lower compared to ...

Outside contributor Blair Braverman is the author, most recently, of ‘Small Game’ and ‘Dogs on the Trail’ and lives in northern Wisconsin. My husband and I bought forested land a few years ago to live ...

Over the past few years, the UK has seen an increased demand for alternative housing and commercial spaces. Many are cho ...

SOUTH RANGE — Shipping containers have gained popularity in the construction realm with many options for creative use. This summer, a local family built Sölveig Stay, a shipping-container tiny house ...

LUTSEN — Rita Golberg visited the North Shore for the first time this fall. For their wedding anniversary, she and her husband, Nick, opted to stay at Ham’s Haus, a cabin made from used shipping ...

Called The Lily Pad, this little cabin is located in Logan, Ohio and is surrounded by wooded land. It's a small shipping container house with only one bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen and a tiny living ...

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 ...