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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Syracuse, NY -- Two developers have proposed using recycled shipping containers to construct a mixed-use building on Syracuse’s east side. Christopher Geiger and Scott Smith plan to demolish a ...

The North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis is an eclectic mix of restaurants, coffee shops and brick warehouses converted into lofts and condos. But in what would be a first-of-its-kind in the Twin ...

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 ...