The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that they ...

Shipping containers may seem like a cheap path to a durable modern home, but costs add up when turning a bare metal box into a functional furnished house.

Shipping container residences can be elaborate and complex, but sometimes bringing it back to basics is the key to good living. At the request of their client, San Francisco-based architects YAMAMAR ...

“The design concept was just to stack them like they would be in a container yard," architect and designer Douglas Hecker says of the Smoky Park Supper Club. “We wanted that association between the ...

Detroit has seen a lot of building development in recent years, from ground-up construction to historic renovations in commercial and residential projects. The trend is sparking creativity in and ...

NEW HAVEN >> Christian Salvati views it as the wave of the future. The architect is using the appropriate metaphor since his basic building block is a shipping container. The city will soon have at ...