Shipping container-based architecture seems like a bad idea. They'e cramped, offer no insulation, and often require heavy modification. That said, limitation occasionally proves fertile ground for ...

Shipping Container Architecture Getting Better-Looking Published September 25, 2008 • Updated on July 29, 2009 at 7:19 am Click the image above to view the full photogallery.

Shipping containers are becoming a popular foundation of home construction, but while many choose to use just one, others are ...

Shipping container-based architecture typically performs very poorly in extremes of heat and cold but Benn + Penna has attempted to mitigate this by adding a lot of insulation Tom Ferguson 8 / 8 ...

At the other end of the spectrum are the luxury container projects by New York- and East Hampton-based MB Architecture.The firm’s work has progressed from (among other projects) a small Hamptons ...

Shipping Container Architecture From Studio 804 Makes Sense. Students build 12 units of housing for the homeless in a time of need.

The house was constructed using a recycled shipping container, and prefab elements were applied wherever possible. + Golany Architects The article above was submitted to us by an Inhabitat reader.

From the street, the shipping container stands out in the architecture. Primed in Rust-Oleum orange-brown, it still sports white stenciled numbers once used to identify cargo. Original steel doors ...

Shipping containers look exactly like building blocks, which is the primary medium (other than dirt) that most architects started working with. You can buy used ones for about $1,600 a pop, which ...

In July, local architecture firm KTGY Architecture + Planning will be the first in L.A. to transform shipping containers into homeless housing when they break ground on Westlake's Hope on Alvarado ...

Though relatively new to the United States, container architecture has become a worldwide fad. In an era of increasing urbanization, the structures can provide quick and flexible housing. Coffman was ...

The Pad, a hotel and hostel in Colorado, has opened ahead of the winter skiing season. The Pad is made out of 18 shipping containers, a popular alternative to traditional construction.