Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a railroad car intriguing. In fact, that is probably more likely the case now than ever before ...

What’s it really like to live in a shipping container home with two dogs? In this video, we take you inside our unique living ...

Shipping containers have become quite popular lately seeing how they can be repurposed into all sorts of cool housing projects. Check out the full projects below instead of the video.

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 ...

Driving northbound into Seattle, it’s hard to miss the hundreds of colorful metal cargo shipping containers resting amongst the tall orange cranes. And these very containers are at the center of ...

A streamlined cargo container home on display at the Kentucky State Fair was met with rave reviews and will soon house a single mother in Appalachia. Next year, five of the steel boxes will be ...

Just in time for a recession, cargo container homes approach the mainstream. Nov. 7, 2008 — -- You've probably seen them stacked high to the sky at city ports, left empty after traveling around ...

Do you have an inordinate amount of shipping containers? Are you trying to figure out what to do with all them? In the unlikely event that the answer to this question is “yes,” you’ll be pleased to ...

Cargo containers, long a staple of international trade, are designed to be affordable, sturdy and water-tight. So it’s no surprise that for decades they’ve been used by the military, the needy — or ...

It's not everyday that someone dreams of living in shipping container homes, or working in shipping container offices. When a client proposed to James Whitaker the idea of constructing a shipping ...

This story was originally published by Curbed before it joined New York Magazine. You can visit the Curbed archive at archive.curbed.com to read all stories published before October 2020. Shipping ...

One of the most common uses for shipping containers is secure onsite storage. Construction companies, warehouses and retailers rely on them for tools, machinery and inventory. Their portability means ...