Local entrepreneur and investor Scott Petinga will present his final plans for the four-story office building — crafted out of shipping containers — to the Minneapolis Planning Commission on ...

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used container — and the energy bills are through the ...

The new X-WING facility is a new approach to helping homeless residents get off the street and into somewhere safe and cool.

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 ...

How could shipping container homes and offices be used as a form of mobile buildings? What would this look like, and how would this operate?

The cost of housing in the city is making many people think small, to embrace the micro movement that loves to reuse and recycle. Enter the idea of a shipping container as a building — a natural ...

Though builders and even city inspectors may be excited about the possibility of shipping container projects, the technique is still pretty new to Asheville — resulting in a lot of questions.

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used container — and the energy bills are through the ...