Used shipping containers have been transformed into brightly colored miniature movie theaters for special screenings of eight short films. The interior of one of the mini-theater shipping containers.

From bars to offices to urban farms, old shipping containers are being customized to take advantage of their ‘cool’ factor These days in Boston, it can be hard to tell. Once a staple of ports and ...

When High Five Mini Bar opens March 29, it will be by far the smallest business — with perhaps a big role — in helping grow the Stomping Grounds development’s mix of restaurants and retail shops. The ...

An Ohio construction company is looking to provide discounted shipping container homes, dubbed "mini mansions," to help those displaced by flooding in Wimberley. Brent Galligan, a partner with J.

First Container is a Detroit-based project that will include an innovative boutique hotel, a co-working lab and public event spaces made from shipping containers. In order to demonstrate some of the ...

Companies like Green Line Growers in South Boston are farming year-round in refrigerated shipping containers developed by Freight Farms. Video: Gabe Johnson/WSJ. Photo: Tony Luong for The Wall Street ...