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 ...

If we can turn them into homes, then surely we can turn shipping containers into one of our homes’ greatest accessories — pools. One company is doing just that, and has created what it calls the pool ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rather than create the run-of-the-mill granny flat with their shipping container, a couple turned it into a jaw-dropping feature. And they chose not to disguise the metal structure’s China Shipping ...

More than 21,000 shipping containers arrive in the United States on a daily basis. Many of them originate in China, where it is cheaper to build new containers than to ship them back after their ...