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 ...

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Some New Yorkers may soon feel boxed in — by choice. Construction on a new co-op building made of surplus shipping containers is set to start in Noho. Architect David Wallance has teamed with Global ...

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 ...

You know the intermodal freight container by its more common name, the shipping container. First used in 1956 to transport goods aboard a tanker sailing from Newark to Houston, the shipping ...

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 ...

With their proposal to build a dozen homes from shipping containers on the South Side stalled, a pair of developers now plan to build homes made from the metal containers in south suburban Ford ...

HOUSTON -- On a typical street near the edge of Third Ward near Midtown towers a newly built Houston home. "It is very non traditional, not only the home but the construction itself," said designer ...

They spent just over a year building the home. — -- When Regan and Libby Foster set out to build a new home in Denver, Colorado, they went to the shipping yard instead of the home improvement ...

Additional cost: Chula Vista invested $6.6 million to create a 65-unit village, bringing the cost-per-unit to about $101,538. The village is on city property, and recreating it elsewhere would include ...