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 ...

These aren’t just boxes: They must be able to withstand up to 45,000 pounds of cargo per container, stacked up to four containers high, while rocking on the ocean. They are also more affordable than ...

For most of its 73 years in business, Midwest Systems has been focused on the storage, repair and handling of the 3,500 steel shipping containers kept at its 30-acre yard in north St. Louis.

“When you build a 50,000 square foot building, you get assessed for the land and the buildings. Are storage bins personal property, or are they real estate?” Capinski asked.

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 ...

From the Sacramento Bee: The outside walls of Der Biergarten’s shipping containers – a 40-by-8-by-81/2-feet box that serves as the kitchen, bar, ordering station and storage, and a 20-footer ...

Carl Coffman is betting that in the near future, people will want to live in shipping containers. After 35 years as an excavation contractor, Coffman decided he wanted to spark a conversation about ...

Houston-based developer GreenSpace Holdings is building a CubeSmart-branded self-storage facility utilizing old shipping containers. It will be at 2515 Westminister Road in Pearland.

"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 ...