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 ...

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

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In the beginning of the recession, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cargo container house. Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A six-story building in downtown Phoenix is made almost entirely of shipping containers on the outside. On the inside, visitors will find vacation rentals with all of the essentials, along with a ...

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 ...

What Is a Shipping Container Home? A shipping container home is a residence that uses a gently used or one-time-use shipping container as the exterior shell of a home. Instead of building a structure ...