As the construction industry continues to evolve and adapt to innovations like green buildings, the push for more sustainable materials and the efforts to reduce waste, there is one trend that is ...

Resistant to such forces as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes, containers are naturally suited to such humanitarian projects as post-disaster housing and community centers but their versatility ...

How some architects and designers are using a few of the two million empty containers sitting idle at any given time to create surprising work It is estimated that two million empty shipping ...

Back in 2004, I traveled to Chelan, Wash., to tour a prefabricated home designed by San Francisco architect Michelle Kaufmann. My editor at the time gave me that curious-dog, tilt-of-the-head look ...

Affordable housing in Los Angeles can be ambitious in design and liveability, but also costly. That’s because it’s produced by non-profit developers who have to meet a bunch of conditions that add on ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian design duo has begun re-purposing old steel shipping containers, transforming them into living spaces, shops and restaurants in an effort to introduce residents of ...

HyBrid Architecture + Assembly‘s building system, coined “Cargotecture”, offers a sustainable, modular and affordable alternative to traditional construction methods. The Seattle-based architecture ...