Adam Kalkin isn’t the only architect to make homes out of shipping containers. A handful of architects, including Jennifer Siegal and Lot-Ek, began using them ten years ago as a gritty reaction ...

The relatively cheap shipping container is a good foundation for a strong, mobile, and post-apocalyptic home. In the last two decades, architects have been incorporating shipping containers into ...

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 ...

2627 Banks St., New Orleans, La. For sale: $159,000 Shipping containers are the mainstay of the import business. Sturdy enough to crate cargo thousands of miles and handle the squalls of crossing the ...

DENNIS ODA / FEB. 4 The City Council is backing efforts to convert shipping containers for use as low-cost housing. The group FACE Hawaii (Faith Action for Community Equity) has had a modified ...

It might be hard to tell at first that the permanent housing units were built from former shipping containers. Image © Paul Vu The Hilda L. Solis Care First Village ...