Industrial shipping containers are usually associated with confined spaces, but they have become quite popular among architects for creating very diverse buildings, including residential homes.

It’s incredible what people can do with the simplest things. This used shipping container was modified to include a massive window that offers panoramic views of the surrounding forest. Its interior ...

In his recent video for his YouTube channel The Off Grid Hermit, the host says this whole thing started “as a whim,” the kind ...

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 ...

It’s no secret that houses come in all shapes and sizes, but what’s really exciting is how they can now be built from all kinds of unexpected materials too. From wood and brick to repurposed metal, ...

We love the many intriguing space-saving features in this high-end tiny home. When it comes to small homes, shipping container housing seems like the option with the greatest potential to be ...

The polyhedron installation features the designers’ origami inspiredzipper technology from 2007. They used digital 3D modeling tools to design and manufacture 1,100 panels that were then folded into a ...

A home made out of something completely unexpected has landed on the real estate market in Indianapolis, Indiana, for $700,000. Yes, those massive things that Amazon uses when traveling by boat or ...

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 ...

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