New plans have been revealed for the site previously earmarked for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games athletes’ village.

The site will become a “shipping-container park” (pictured), with 14 steel containers set to be used to “maximise opportunities” for the Commonwealth Games in

The Amagansett Modular house is a 1,800-square-foot prefabricated home constructed from stacked shipping containers.

As pandemic-related circumstances continue to change global industries, we are seeing the transformation of architecture take shape in real-time. While some architects and

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A rendering shows the concept for Farm Fresh MI, a farmers market, music venue and event space proposed for 17 acres of farmland and wooded space off Winans Lake Road in Green Oak Township between Whitmore Lake and Brighton.Christopher Lynn Davis, Provided by David Lawrence

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Following the recent Colo Crossings shipping container-based house comes a completely different container-based project, underlining the flexibility of the metal boxes. Located in Austin, Texas, The Pitch is a mixed-use entertainment complex built using 23 shipping containers that includes ret

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Global supply chain disruptions have sent the cost of constructing a shipping container home through the roof, but that isn’t deterring its biggest supporters from promoting the building type.

Homes built from shipping containers