The workhorse cargo container is at the center of an architectural design craze. It even has a moniker: “Cargotecture.” Shipping containers are being recycled to create luxe homes and vacation ...

— 8 x 20 foot container that expands manually into a 400 square foot facility. — Can withstand winds up to 116 miles per hour, designed with a life cycle of more than 15 years.

Lego Lunch is a replicable structure that combines affordability and a low carbon footprint. The architects used recycled 20-foot shipping containers and combined them into a space where locals in ...

For their original function in the shipping industry, the containers are built to withstand the elements; developers tout their water-tightness and rigidity. For this home, each container was altered ...

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This Lego Ideas has been uploaded by the user called Buildineer and was recently selected as a staff pick. It already reached 2,000 supporters and one of them had to be me.

Workers help align a shipping container as it is lowered in place at Potter’s Lane in Midway City, California, on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. It takes three containers to make up a 480-square ...