Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily used container — and the energy bills are through the ...

Shipping containers have become quite popular lately seeing how they can be repurposed into all sorts of cool housing ...

All too often, we assume that the container in which we work and live is imposed on us rather than something we craft. In reality, we play an essential role in building and strengthening the ...

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Local entrepreneur and investor Scott Petinga will present his final plans for the four-story office building — crafted out of shipping containers — to the Minneapolis Planning Commission on ...

What are the biggest challenges behind designing a mobile building? By far the biggest challenge, particularly here in the UK, is one of perception in a very traditional and established industry ...

There’s something about shipping container buildings that gets people excited. Perhaps it’s seeing something so mundane and functional become beautiful and personal? Or witnessing Tetris-like ...

Converted shipping containers from Container Storage Hawaii were used for the shelter on Sand Island Access Road. They had to be made from new, never-used containers, to avoid possible contamination ...

The container itself, which is roughly 20 feet long and weighs about 5,000 pounds empty, could weigh as much as 60,000 pounds when fully loaded. Yet, its load when striking a building was not ...

Architecture | NPR Shipping container buildings may be cool — but they're not always green Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco ...