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 ...

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 ...

Carl Coffman is betting that in the near future, people will want to live in shipping containers. After 35 years as an excavation contractor, Coffman decided he wanted to spark a conversation about ...

>> SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE MILWAUKEE RIVER ALONG GREEN BAY ROAD. >> WE WANT SOMETHING THAT’S CONTEMPORARY. WE WANT SOMETHING THAT’S DIFFERENT. >> IS A HOME MADE ALMOST ENTIRELY OUT OF SHIPPING ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultimately, they decided on the most cost-effective choice: a home made out of a used, rent-to-own, 40-foot long shipping ...

At first glance, 118 Vallance Road in East London doesn’t seem like it would be anything more than just another office development. But at nine stories and 26 meters tall, the building will just ...

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 ...

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 ...