The lumber shortage and price increases on other building materials have forced many builders to think outside the box when it comes to living conditions. A company in Minnesota has created a home ...

After his longtime home was damaged in Hurricane Irma, a local artist/collector made the "impractical" choice to patchwork ...

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Newark is among a growing number of cities turning to an unconventional solution for the housing shortage — shipping containers. Normally used to transport goods and merchandise on massive cargo ships ...

In Georgia and beyond, shipping containers are being repurposed into everything from homes and offices to pop-up cafés and classrooms. As the push for greener construction grows, these steel boxes ...

PHOENIX — A unique apartment building in downtown Phoenix built with repurposed steel shipping containers has opened, design-build firm Local Studio said this week. IDA on McKinley at 250 E. McKinley ...

OGDEN — Ogden officials are launching efforts to see whether storage units have a place in the city's residential neighborhoods as a six-story apartment building in Salt Lake City made of repurposed ...

Following the recent Colo Crossings shipping container-based house comes a completely different container-based project, underlining the flexibility of the metal boxes. Located in Austin, Texas, The ...

COURTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Courtland Township Fire Department is constructing a new training facility using shipping containers to provide realistic fire scenarios for its members at a fraction ...

Developer Abdul Arif plans to build shipping container housing in the SoCe neighborhood in Wichita, and neighbors are not ...

A new entertainment and hospitality complex in Austin, The Pitch, has been made out of repurposed shipping containers. Designed by the Austin-based firm Mark Odom Studio, The Pitch consists of 23 ...