Shipping containers are big in design news lately -- usually for their role in creative reuse or as emergency housing. But the logistics and supply chain industries are still innovating and improving ...

Emerging like a starburst out of the California desert, James Whitaker’s shipping container design will soon be constructed for a film producer and his wife. Nicknamed the “Joshua Tree Residence,” the ...

Cargo containers, long a staple of international trade, are designed to be affordable, sturdy and watertight. So it’s no surprise that for decades, the military, the needy — or just the hip — have ...

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency.

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply disruptions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency ...

Emily takes us on a tour of her off-grid home built from containers in the woods. This multi-level home features a home gym ...

Converting a shipping container into a garage is a very real possibility, but there are some important factors to take into ...

Download the PDF of this article. What inspired the idea to create the farm system in a shipping container? We got started around 2009, and at the time there were only rooftop greenhouses coming into ...

Aedis Real Estate Group's Hope on Alvarado is the first in a series of area developments using shipping containers as a primary building material. The community will provide support services for ...

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 ...

What follows is the breakdown of the 32 rooms at The Pad, a proposed 25,250 square foot hostel and boutique hotel in downtown Silverthorne. A young couple hopes to tear down one of Silverthorne’s most ...