With millions of shipping containers lying empty at ports around the world, it may seem like repurposing them to construct buildings would be a clear environmental winner. The reality of building with ...

If the developer building a six-story apartment complex in Salt Lake City out of shipping containers had it to do over again, he says he probably wouldn’t. Box 500 Apartments, the blocky ...

Black liberal arts college Fisk University has been making headlines recently for taking the appropriate action to decrease the high demand for student housing in Nashville, Tennessee. According to ...

“People want to use (shipping containers) for all kinds of projects. They’re quite trendy,” he said. Stowe said building with shipping containers offers options for specific needs, whether design, ...

With their proposal to build a dozen homes from shipping containers on the South Side stalled, a pair of developers now plan to build homes made from the metal containers in south suburban Ford ...

Chicago may get its first multiple-home development made from shipping containers. Darryl Burton and Anthony Casbini have proposed building Vincennes Village on the South Side in Greater Grand ...