It's amazing how much mileage architects manage to get from the humble shipping container, with notable designs ranging from ...

Transforming shipping containers into housing is a trend that doesn’t seem to be slowing down, but are shipping container homes really a good — or even humane — solution? Durable, portable, stackable, ...

In this video, we take a look at 10 shipping container houses that mix innovation with sustainability. Some of them have been ...

Step inside the Container Guest House, a 320 m² sustainable micro-home designed by Poteet Architects in San Antonio, Texas.

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 ...

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 ...

After chronicling local efforts of shipping container architects like Peter DeMaria, let's head to West Coast Green, currently being held at the San Jose convention center, because Inhabitat has ...

Two California architects designed a luxurious take on the shipping container home. The tiny house is called "buhaus," a combination of bauhaus design style and the Malibu roots of the architects. The ...

They are stacked at ports in coastal cities up and down both United States seaboards and along the Gulf Coast. Shipping containers, those huge rectangular boxes that measure between 20 and 45 feet ...

Shipping container architecture has developed its own niche in both design and representation. Colorful or grungy? Economical or gentrified? Either way, you look at it, designing with shipping ...

Industry experts attribute the bulk of the run-up in off-contract shipping prices to Yemen's Houthi rebels' missile and drone attacks that have forced ships to avoid the Suez Canal trade shortcut. The ...