Using shipping containers has rescued a backyard pool house project at Leopold, saving almost $50K as quotes were pointing to a budget blowout. Royal Wolf Geelong branch manager Justin Van Loon had ...

Shipping containers are kind of like LEGO bricks. Sturdy and stackable, they can be crafted into all sorts of creative things, from fold-out coffee shops to surprisingly stylish modern homes. They ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A company in West Michigan is creating homes, swimming pools and everything in between, all from old used shipping containers that they source from across the Midwest. Newco ...

NEW ORLEANS – Experimental architect Stefan Beese has brought “Dumpster diving” to his own backyard by converting a 22-foot-long, steel refuse container into a small, but elegant, swimming pool. The 7 ...

After nearly two decades of carrying freight across the ocean, the colorful steel containers are scooped up by specialty construction companies to enter "retirement" as pools, coffee shops, apartment ...