Industrial shipping containers are usually associated with confined spaces, but they have become quite popular among architects for creating very diverse buildings, including residential homes.

Shipping container residences can be elaborate and complex, but sometimes bringing it back to basics is the key to good living. At the request of their client, San Francisco-based architects YAMAMAR ...

Before you embark on the conversion you will need proper port clearance documentation for your container (Photo: Shutterstock) Shipping containers are morphing into fancy commercial and even, lately, ...

In this guide, you will learn why shipping containers work so well for guest houses, what steps are involved, and how to turn a basic steel box into a cozy place anyone would enjoy staying in.

Backcountry Containers has designed lots of different types of shipping container homes, from large residential units to smaller rural retreats. For its Luke tiny house, the firm connects a large and ...

Studio H:T's Shipping Container House is, unsurprisingly, a house made from shipping containers - at least partially. But perhaps most impressive about the design is that it operates entirely off-grid ...

It’s incredible what people can do with the simplest things. This used shipping container was modified to include a massive window that offers panoramic views of the surrounding forest. Its interior ...

Dry Box prefab shipping container cabins are now available for nationwide shipping, making durable, secure, and ...

Jen Sansosti says reading about shipping containers in the industrial port of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was, in part, what made her want to live in one. She resided across the river in Brooklyn in 2007, ...

Global supply chain disruptions have sent the cost of constructing a shipping container home through the roof, but that isn’t deterring its biggest supporters from promoting the building type. Homes ...

The polyhedron installation features the designers’ origami inspiredzipper technology from 2007. They used digital 3D modeling tools to design and manufacture 1,100 panels that were then folded into a ...