We’ve featured a variety of different shipping container homes, from a quick emergency shelter, to LOT-EK’s container home kit, student housing, and even an entire container city in London. One ...

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It wouldn’t be a stretch to call LOT-EK one of the original pioneers of shipping-container prefab. Their Modular Dwelling Unit, a simple yet brilliant design, has now been on the scene since 2002, and ...

From Remote Mining Camps to Global Disaster Relief Shelters, the China-Based Prefab Container House Manufacturer Takes Its Rapid-Deployment Housing Global FOSHAN, China, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Indeed, some sellers sell prefabricated container homes online - like Offgrid Dwellings, which sells a three-bedroom container home for about $100,000. It's unclear if appliances come with the build, ...

Living in a shipping container is more glamorous (and affordable) than you might realize. It’s been a tough year (OK, a tough few years) for prospective homebuyers. With several different tiny houses ...

HVAC for container houses can range from about $2,000 to $10,000 for the installation of a ductless mini-split system, which is ideal for the limited space inside container homes. Utilities As ...

Rammed earth, sod, yak wool, reclaimed wood, oriented-strand board, straw ... nowadays, the smorgasbord of offerings in alternative building methods and materials is staggeringly abundant, if not a ...

Adam Kalkin isn’t the only architect to make homes out of shipping containers. A handful of architects, including Jennifer Siegal and Lot-Ek, began using them ten years ago as a gritty reaction ...