I asked Does Shipping Container Architecture Make Sense? But now, in response to an architectural competition, Architect Mark Hogan of OpenScope Studio comes up with his own list of questions.

then that container would be put to better use transporting goods across seas and oceans, which is the purpose it's meant to serve," said architect and construction technology expert Belinda Carr ...

On the face of it, shipping container-based architecture can seem like a pretty bad idea. The metal boxes are cramped, offer no insulation, and often require heavy modification to be of any use.

Container Atlas brings together examples of shipping-container architecture from around the world. Here, one of the book's editors picks his top five projects from the book's latest edition.

When a client proposed to James Whitaker the idea of constructing a shipping container office, the London-based architect was initially skeptical. For Whitaker, they brought to mind his childhood ...

What began as Piper’s inspiration to document the creation of LOT-EK’s first home, and soon the architects’ journey, evolved into a simultaneous exploration of the shipping container ...

A prototype was built and opened in July. The architects chose to use shipping containers for the following reasons: Interest in shipping container architecture has grown in tandem to the modular ...

All of which sounds fantastic, but there's one obvious concern – one which plagues all shipping container-based architecture projects – and that is the terrible thermal performance of the ...