Local entrepreneur and investor Scott Petinga will present his final plans for the four-story office building — crafted out of shipping containers — to the Minneapolis Planning Commission on ...

First used in 1956 to transport goods aboard a tanker sailing from Newark to Houston, the shipping container—standardized, stackable, easily shifted from ship to train to truck—has transformed ...

Fasano got the idea for a shipping container hotel from a neighbor in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, where he build a small commuter development. “The El Faro container hotel is next to me,” he said.

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used container — and the energy bills are through the ...

The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that ...

What Is a Shipping Container Home? A shipping container home is a residence that uses a gently used or one-time-use shipping container as the exterior shell of a home. Instead of building a ...

Corktown's shipping container project is finally moving after years of delays.

But at nine stories and 26 meters tall, the building will just barely surpass the Freitag Store in Zurich as the tallest shipping container building in the world. The building will be fabricated ...