People like shipping container buildings not only because they look interesting but also because they seem to solve a problem — finding a use for the millions of empty steel shipping containers ...

"When you're building a $100,000, $200,000 structure, that $1,000 to $2,000 difference between a new container and a used container is not really significant anymore," said Alex Rozkin, the CEO of ...

At first glance, 118 Vallance Road in East London doesn’t seem like it would be anything more than just another office development. But at nine stories and 26 meters tall, the building will just ...

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 ...

It’s also the tallest building in Zurich – of any kind. The first 2 floors of the store consist of 4 horizontal shipping containers each, giving them a sense of stability.

Magazine Is shipping-container building ‘the best thing since the brick?’ September 24, 2015 By Annys Shin ...

Shipping containers look exactly like building blocks, which is the primary medium (other than dirt) that most architects started working with. You can buy used ones for about $1,600 a pop, which ...

Providence, R.I., has a 3-story, 10,000 square-foot office building that was made with 32 recycled shipping containers.

ALEX ROZKIN: When you're building a 100,000, $200,000 structure, that 1 to $2,000 price difference between a new container and used container is not really significant anymore, and most customers ...