Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...

The furniture giant Ikea is known for flattening tables, chairs and even beds into compact bundles that can be lugged home in car trunks and pickup beds. Now its executives are using that expertise to ...

Shipping containers are becoming one of the most popular choices as building blocks for house construction since they are so ...

More than 21,000 shipping containers arrive in the United States on a daily basis. Many of them originate in China, where it is cheaper to build new containers than to ship them back after their ...

The Innovation and Design Building in the Seaport District is welcoming eight vendors to set up shipping container kiosks along its promenade, which will begin operating in phases over the next few ...

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, MI -- A local developer is building luxury-style homes out of shipping containers in Ypsilanti Township. Darius Smith, founder of ASJ Homes and the What’s Up Detroit show, is ...

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 ...