Every year, tens of millions of shipping containers move via water, rail and road, carrying cargo around the planet. The ubiquitous and nondescript steel boxes are always on the move, but plans are in ...

Mike Corvi caught the cargo container bug about three years ago, after reading a magazine article about shipping containers being turned into housing for Aborigines in Australia's northern territories ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. In Georgia and beyond, shipping containers are being repurposed into everything ...

GARDEN CITY – The 1.2 acre lot across from the fairgrounds in Garden City may not look like much now, but soon it will be the site of 17 homes all constructed out of materials from an unlikely source, ...

Homes are springing up around the world featuring the latest trend in green building: Transforming a shipping container into a home. As a home building material, these containers actually have a lot ...

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used... Shipping container buildings may be cool — but ...

Consider for a moment those large steel shipping containers that are used to transport furniture, food, materials and other imports or exports we use every day. They travel thousands of miles by ship, ...

UPPER POTTSGROVE — Township commissioners were recently presented with a plan to partially develop a self-described “eyesore” at the end of Commerce Drive. This is the plan Richard Almquist presented ...

The Business Case for Shipping Containers When migrating from traditional brick-and-mortar to modular commercial spaces, the ...

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 ...