The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally ...

All too often, we assume that the container in which we work and live is imposed on us rather than something we craft. In reality, we play an essential role in building and strengthening the ...

Cargo containers, long a staple of international trade, are designed to be affordable, sturdy and watertight. So it's no surprise that for decades they've been used by the military, the needy — or ...

More than 21,000 shipping containers arrive in the United States on a daily basis. Many of them originate in China, where it is cheaper to build new containers than to ship them back after their ...

In the beginning of the recession, shipping containers began stacking up on American shores. Architects saw an opportunity to recycle these relatively cheap building materials into homes and other ...