Despite its humble origins, the sheer versatility of the shipping container continues to impress us, and they are used for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not everyday that someone dreams of living in shipping-container homes, or working in shipping-container offices. But ...

On the face of it, shipping container-based architecture can seem like a pretty bad idea. The metal boxes are cramped, offer no insulation, and often require heavy modification to be of any use. That ...

Explore the challenges of shipping container architecture, from limited dimensions and thermal performance to structural ...

Students build 12 units of housing for the homeless in a time of need. Many architecture students graduate from university without ever swinging a hammer. Learning how to actually build something is ...

Cargotecture is one of our favorite topics on Inhabitat and it should be no wonder why—building with shipping containers can be an affordable way to provide high-quality housing. Insite Portable ...

Images of steel shipping containers interlinked at the seams, creating what looks like a beehive for humans, started capturing the real estate community's attention a decade ago. "I have worked on ...

In 1937, a young trucker named Malcolm McLean was delivering a load of cotton to a harbor in Hoboken, New Jersey. As he watched workers slowly transport the boxes by hand onto a ship, the story goes, ...

Ada Tolla:...Giuseppe and I, we have our own path. We like to do our own work; it is not about following what is preached at the moment. We don’t care about what is ...

When it came to expanding his practice after years of working from home, Canadian architect Randy Bens knew that he didn’t want to venture too far away. Instead, the architect and his team decided ...

It’s not everyday that someone dreams of living in shipping-container homes, or working in shipping-container offices. But architect Virginie Stolz would prompt most to reconsider. “We think they’re ...