Images of steel shipping containers interlinked at the seams, creating what looks like a beehive for humans, started capturing the real estate community's attention a decade ago. "I have worked on ...

Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...

Malcolm McLean may be the most important person you’ve never heard of. His claim to fame? Inventing a box. But not just any box. McLean—a high school-educated truck driver from North Carolina—came up ...

Scientists surveying the bottom of the Pacific Ocean have discovered something they knew was there but had never seen before: a shipping container. Cargo ships regularly lose these containers ...