The Forth Ports' Dry Dock project in Edinburgh will create office and retail space made from repurposed shipping containers.

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

With millions of shipping containers lying empty at ports around the world, it may seem like repurposing them to construct buildings would be a clear environmental winner. The reality of building with ...

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 ...

The housing world has never been constant. Every other time, something new comes up and takes over the space. One that has marked its spot and stuck to it is shipping container homes. Photo courtesy ...

The Courtland Fire Department is constructing a new training facility using shipping containers to simulate realistic fire ...

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 lumber shortage and price increases on other building materials have forced many builders to think outside the box when it comes to living conditions. A company in Minnesota has created a home ...

“Once these containers get retired, and instead of going to the scrap yard where they’ll just sit, they have a green benefit when used for buildings,” said Casey Stowe, of Nelson+Stowe Development, ...

With their proposal to build a dozen homes from shipping containers on the South Side stalled, a pair of developers now plan to build homes made from the metal containers in south suburban Ford ...

If you drive through Youngstown's east side, you'll see a shipping container that's now a hot dog shop. Not far away, there's ...