PORT TOWNSEND — A giant “Lego”-style structure is slowly taking shape on a quiet side street near Port Townsend — a homemade training tower that could someday make the difference between life and ...

When Mark Derenthal couldn’t find an architect or builder to take on his ambitious concept, he worked directly with an engineer to create the treetop retreat. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a ...

Oscar the Grouch isn’t the only one who loves living in a metal bin. Some Phoenix residents also have a taste for living in metal bins stacked on top of each other. Eighteen Phoenix families are ...

Property owners, developers, and even media personalities are thinking outside, ahem, inside the box, and transforming metro Phoenix into a prominent hub for container homes. This year, Phoenix has ...

Stackhouse hoped to turn 320-square-foot shipping containers into affordable tiny homes en masse. But rising costs, public criticism, and difficulties getting financing sank its first project. It's ...

Price: It usually costs a lot less to build a shipping container home than a traditional single-family home, but the price depends on the features. Costs of the containers vary depending on the size, ...