The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that they ...

When local entrepreneur and investor Scott Petinga set out to create his new office space in Minneapolis’ North Loop, he had one major goal in mind: Don’t make it mediocre. His plan for a building ...

Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a railroad car intriguing. In fact, that is probably more likely the case now than ever before ...

The shipping container home could offer residents an affordable option in an increasingly pricey part of the city.

They’re sleek. They’re innovative. They’re metal. They’re eco-conscious and sustainable. Did we mention hip? It’s little wonder that shipping container homes have become a national obsession, ...

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 ...

Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...

The owners expanded the footprint of their Tasmania shelter with cinder blocks, timber finishes, and large panes of glass.

The business, located at 402 N. Old Route 66 in Hamel, repurposes shipping containers to build sleek, modern, and functional ...

“The design concept was just to stack them like they would be in a container yard," architect and designer Douglas Hecker says of the Smoky Park Supper Club. “We wanted that association between the ...