Using steel shipping containers as an alternative to traditional construction materials has become such a trend in urban development that it has led to the coining of the word “cargotecture.” ...

Every year, tens of millions of shipping containers move via water, rail and road, carrying cargo around the planet. The ubiquitous and nondescript steel boxes are always on the move, but plans ...

Redondo beach house DeMaria Design Built from eight recycled steel shipping containers, this two-story, 3,000-square-foot home may be made of humble materials, but its location is anything but.

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 ...

All it takes is a little ingenuity to improve the way we think about buildings. Consider for a moment those large steel shipping containers that are used to transport furniture, food, materials ...

How Corpus Christi approaches a proposal to use shipping containers for affordable housing may set a precedent citywide. The concept proposed by developer Bryan Johnson would employ steel shipping ...

Steel shipping containers are used to crate cargo up and down the Mississippi River and around the world. The Port of New Orleans is filled with the massive steel boxes.

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 ...

For most of its 73 years in business, Midwest Systems has been focused on the storage, repair and handling of the 3,500 steel shipping containers kept at its 30-acre yard in north St. Louis ...

How Corpus Christi approaches a proposal to use shipping containers for affordable housing may set a precedent citywide. The concept proposed by developer Bryan Johnson would employ steel shipping ...

Gov. Greg Abbott says the wall of roughly 20 shipping containers will help prevent migrants from crossing the border.

How Corpus Christi approaches a proposal to use shipping containers for affordable housing may set a precedent citywide. The concept proposed by developer Bryan Johnson would employ steel shipping ...