Meet Bob; he and his wife have a 586-sqft guest house built from two 20ft shipping containers with a 10ft site-built loft.

Container homes are becoming more and more popular because of how affordable they are. House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning shipping containers into dwelling spaces like ...

Meet Teresa & Mike, who chose a cozy small home by the ocean to enjoy simple living for their golden years. After initially exploring RV living, they researched alternative small house options and ...

The Luke is based on a 40-ft (12.2-m) high-cube shipping container and a 20-ft (6.1-m) model, which have been welded together, modified with doors and windows, and painted a uniform blueish color.

Sandra Whitley and Allison Lyons, aunt and niece, co-own House in a Box and has brought in Ian Lubbers, Whitley's nephew-in-law, to operate the nationwide container home business.

Container Kings, a local construction company, broke ground on the two homes in northern Sioux Falls in mid-February and will be completed between June 1-15. The second home will be on done in July.

Container homes in the city will have to be built with multiple boxes, too. The city’s size requirement for a house is 700 square feet, and single containers are about 600 square feet.