Step inside the Container Guest House, a 320 m² sustainable micro-home designed by Poteet Architects in San Antonio, Texas.

Transforming shipping containers into housing is a trend that doesn’t seem to be slowing down, but are shipping container homes really a good — or even humane — solution? Durable, portable, stackable, ...

Shipping container homes aren’t just a design trend – they’re a bold statement about sustainability, creativity, and efficient living. In this video, we’ll explore five stunning container home ...

On the face of it, shipping container-based architecture can seem like a pretty bad idea. The metal boxes are cramped, offer no insulation, and often require heavy modification to be of any use. That ...

After chronicling local efforts of shipping container architects like Peter DeMaria, let's head to West Coast Green, currently being held at the San Jose convention center, because Inhabitat has ...

Once a shipping container reaches U.S. shores, it becomes 6 tons of junk. Architect Christian Salvati wants to turn that junk into homes. And he’s trying it out in New Haven, Conn., stacking and ...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Travis Price sat in a chair in the cafeteria of Miner Elementary in Northeast Washington with his arms folded across his chest and a look of intense concentration on his face. The ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Worried they would never be able to afford to build their own home in Brooklyn, architect Michelle Bertomen and contractor David Boyle constructed one out ...

Cheap, transportable and recyclable, Adam Kalkin’s container homes may be the next wave of prefab. Here is a look at several examples of his shipping container architecture. The architect Adam Kalkin ...

Functioning a little like oversized Lego, the versatility of shipping containers ensures that architects never run out of ideas for using them as building blocks. This example, designed by Atelier-r, ...

In architectural circles, Kalkin is regarded as something of an oddball. He began his talk at the Urban Center in New York Tuesday night by playing the first five minutes of a Jerry Lewis movie, ...

Joseph Apkarian is the owner of, "The Eagle's Dare," on 3rd street downtown is facing a violation from the City of Wilmington ...