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 ...

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 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 ...

In the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, a new affordable multifamily housing project using shipping containers resulted in 24 micro-units for formerly unhoused residents, according to Fast Company. ...

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The Austin yard of Bob's Containers echoes with the typical sounds of home construction: drilling, hammering, sawing and more. "Except our medium is a metal box," says co-owner Robert Balderas.

OGDEN — Ogden officials are launching efforts to see whether storage units have a place in the city's residential neighborhoods as a six-story apartment building in Salt Lake City made of repurposed ...

The company’s sustainable and durable spaces address a core need in the B2B sector, an $11 billion market that comprises RV parks, campground accommodations, vacation rentals, and other use cases ...

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 ...

After his longtime home was damaged in Hurricane Irma, a local artist/collector made the "impractical" choice to patchwork together a metal base for himself and his eccentric possessions. Welcome to ...

In this video, I walk through the process of building a high-value restaurant using modular shipping containers from the early planning stage to structural design and on-site setup. It’s a modern ...