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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

Using old shipping containers is seen as an environmentally friendly means of constructing new homes. Taking this one step further, Sustainer Homes has begun making off-grid container dwellings that ...

When executed well, container architecture speaks for itself - the constituent containers become the anchors for the design around which the rest of the materials and spaces flow. This is one such ...

The State’s first certified container house is a unique home that appears both alien and entirely of its place. At first glance, it might look to be nothing more than an overfill storage space for one ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - With home prices continuing to soar across Hawaii, more local families are looking for creative ways to add living space without buying an entirely new house. One option ...

Located in an old area of Tokyo called Torigoe, CC4441 is surrounded by small factories producing leather products, paper crafts and ornaments. It was designed for a husband who needed a small office ...

They’ve been used as trendy “tiny homes”, student accommodation and extravagant luxury houses. A whole shopping mall has been crafted from them, plus many a pop-up restaurant. Now the humble shipping ...