Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hank Kim shows how herbs are grown vertically at the Square Roots hydroponic farm, which utilizes 20 shipping containers to create ...

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, ...

An incredibly modern woodland escape that is made entirely from shipping containers has hit the market in Northern Michigan—providing a unique and chic hideaway that is asking just $579,900. "Nestled ...

It’s big, blue and built to last. That’s just a few words that describe The Blue Pearl, a house built with shipping ...

Shipping containers are so common they often blend into the background, but these humble 20 (or 40)-foot metal boxes are a recent invention, and we can thank (or curse) them for creating the modern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We just respond creatively to what humanity pushes aside.” Today AD is in Brooklyn, New York to tour a townhouse comprising 18 ...

The Pad, a hotel and hostel in Colorado, has opened ahead of the winter skiing season. The Pad is made out of 18 shipping containers, a popular alternative to traditional construction. Its hostel ...

This extraordinary 900 sq ft home in rural Texas proves that shipping containers can be transformed into modern, livable spaces. Designed by Backcountry Containers, the Modern Side Stack is built from ...

A new apartment complex in Phoenix Hill may get some interesting looks from neighbors. The six units at the corner of Jefferson and Wenzel streets were made from refurbished shipping containers by ...

There’s something about shipping container buildings that gets people excited. Perhaps it’s seeing something so mundane and functional become beautiful and personal? Or witnessing Tetris-like blocks ...