Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Over in Brazil, a local architecture studio, Plano Livre, ...

After traveling the seven seas for years, shipping containers are finding second lives as an affordable green building material. As such, there are architects and designers around the world who are ...

For Zack and Brie Smithey, the smell of old tires will be forever associated with home. "It reminds me of the beginning stages of the construction here," he said, in the couple's dream home in St.

Shipping containers are so common they often blend into the background, but these humble 20 (or 40)-foot metal boxes are a recent invention, and we can thank (or curse) them for creating the modern ...

This extraordinary 900 sq ft home in rural Texas proves that shipping containers can be transformed into modern, livable ...

A newly opened project in Phoenix offers transitional housing made from shipping containers for older adults who are ...

There’s something about shipping container buildings that gets people excited. Perhaps it’s seeing something so mundane and functional become beautiful and personal? Or witnessing Tetris-like blocks ...

An incredibly modern woodland escape that is made entirely from shipping containers has hit the market in Northern Michigan—providing a unique and chic hideaway that is asking just $579,900. "Nestled ...

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. Its hostel ...