Shipping container residences can be elaborate and complex, but sometimes bringing it back to basics is the key to good living. At the request of their client, San Francisco-based architects YAMAMAR ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

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 ...

It’s incredible what people can do with the simplest things. This used shipping container was modified to include a massive window that offers panoramic views of the surrounding forest. Its interior ...

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 ...

Holyoke Cabin is an excellent example of an elegant, efficient use of shipping containers to create a cozy cabin off the grid. Two used shipping containers, obtained for $800 apiece, serve as the ...

Depending on who you ask, downsizing means a lot of different things to different people. Reduced costs of living, a more intentional and uncluttered life, a reconnection to the natural environment, ...

In the midst of the pandemic, a family leverages industry connections and modular construction to quickly rebuild a cliffside getaway on a fire-ravaged site in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. Wedged ...