Converting a shipping container into a garage is a very real possibility, but there are some important factors to take into ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last November, the Hale Mauliola Housing Navigation Service Center opened on Sand Island. It made national news for creating homeless shelters from retrofitted shipping containers. Some people were ...

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

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 ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--S.I. Container Builds (SICBS), a startup that converts recycled shipping containers into living, rental, and working spaces, announced today that it has opened a new ...

The clothing company Aether's retail store in San Francisco, part of the city's Proxy development, is made out of three shipping containers. (James Florio) Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of ...

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 ...