shipping containers

INFOGRAPHIC: Why the shipping container revolution became popular

Cargotecture is one of our favorite topics on Inhabitat and it should be no wonder why—building with shipping...

[gallery_extend] An advertising agency commissioned Whitaker to develop the Hechingen Studio design...

[gallery_extend] These smart farms can grow a variety of crops and fresh produce, regardless of the...

[gallery_extend] Your home is where your heart is and these couples have also put their blood, sweat and...

[gallery_extend] The house was constructed to highlight the existing cedar tree: it was built in such...

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkQIOWVvFz4] Renaissance Farms is the brainchild of two friends who...

[gallery_extend] Although Malawi is one of the world's most-densely populated countries, the land-locked...

[gallery_extend] Johannesburg-based Architects of Justicewere commissioned to design the library, but...

Waldorf Schools and shipping container buildings are two of our favorite things here at Inhabitat - and this amazing...

[gallery_extend] The container house is built on top of a commercial gallery space and a garage in Venice...

[gallery_extend] The upgraded version of the house comes with several options included in the base model,...

[gallery_extend] Founder, Michael de Jong came up the idea for the MEKA after years of building luxury...

People all over the world are looking for cheap, alternative housing, and recycled shipping containers are starting...

[gallery_extend] In 1997, a massive wave hit the container ship Tokio Express 20 miles off the coast...

Shipping container homes aren't exactly unique—they've been used as dwellingsall over the world for decades—but...