Locally-Sourced Prefab Prototype in Scotland A new prefab prototype on a Scottish island demonstrates a smart—and superlocal—approach to building in far-flung locations.
A $4000 Prefab Prototype in Vietnam A compact Vietnamese prefab housing prototype features local materials.
Merging Old and New With These 10 Modern Renovations in Scotland The thought of Scottish homes often conjures a vision of stone row houses nestled together on cobblestone streets, rolling green...
A Prefab Cabin Made From 100% Locally Sourced Wood Pops Up in France A trio of architects use sustainably harvested timber to build an experimental home in the Loire Valley.
A Modern Multiunit Prefab Prototype in Vancouver A Vancouver architect maxes out a commercial lot to create a multiunit prefab tower that takes smart urban planning as seriously...
Sourcing Guide for Modern Prefab Companies in Europe 119 prefab builders made Dwell's annual list; now, check out some of their European counterparts in our roundup of prefab homes...
Claesson Koivisto Rune's Scandinavian Prefab Prototype Claesson Koivisto Rune introduces its second iteration of the prefab home, combining time-honored Scandinavian touches with the...
10 Dwell-Approved, New-Old Homes in the UK These 10 modern renovations take history into account.
Stay in a Modern Tin Cottage on Scotland’s Isle of Skye On the northwestern tip of Scotland’s Isle of Skye is a vacation rental that's inspired by the region’s traditional “crofter...
Prefab, Proven In January 2003, we issued a challenge to 16 architects: Design a modern prefab home for $200,000.
Prefab for Humanity In inner-city Baltimore, Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake paves a path to affordable prefab.
The Iconic, Midcentury Home That Peter Womersley Designed For Bernat Klein Asks $1.02M Designed by the late-British architect Peter Womersley in 1957 for the celebrated textile designer Bernat Klein, the single-story...
Part Apartment, Part Boutique Hotel, Eden Locke Brings a New Brand of Comfort to Edinburgh Designed by lauded architects Grzywinski+Pons, the new aparthotel features impeccable interiors, bespoke furnishings, and...
When Prefab Is Painless An easy construction process reduces any drama for a couple in California.
A Picturesque Desert Prefab Jim Murren’s prefab house in Sin City, designed by Marmol Radziner, is as artful as it is art-filled, thanks to an asymmetrical...
Not Ready For a Prefab House? How About a Prefab Kitchen. Kitchen systems are a lot like prefab housing: they're designed to be modular but they're endlessly customizable—not that that's...
We Dream of Prefabs ...and wake up, every so often, to a project that fulfills the potential of mass-produced housing.
Kanye West’s Star Wars-Inspired Prefab Home Prototypes May Get Torn Down ‘Ye’s vision of affordable dome homes for the masses hits a major road block.
A Modern Cottage Brings Scandinavian Style to the Hills of Scotland Responding to its stunning location, this cross-laminated timber home near Edinburgh, Scotland, trades the traditional notion of...
7 Coolest California Prefabs With their main components manufactured in a factory and assembled on-site, prefab homes often cost less to build, offer a higher...
An Unconventional Prefab on Fishers Island A family’s remote island retreat becomes a more permanent home base, thanks to the efficiency of building modular.
9 Modern Prefabs in the Desert The barren beauty of a desert landscape can be a source of inspiration for off-the-grid prefab living.
This Isolated Prefab Is One with the Wild A home in Ontario, Canada, demonstrates how factory-built housing can be as site sensitive as traditional construction.
7 Prefabs Set in Nature One of the benefits of prefabricated and modular buildings is that they leave minimal construction waste and can be built without...
A Ruddy Shipping Container House Is Installed in New York in Only Two Days With a prefab structure near Hudson, LOT-EK—the pioneers of shipping container architecture—make a new case for the genre.
10 Sunny Poolside Prefabs The idea of relaxing poolside or jumping in for a quick dip is pretty enticing—especially if the body of water is accompanied by...
A Family’s Glass-Enclosed Cabin Hovers in a Pine Forest in Ecuador To turn a 700-square-foot home into a more permanent residence for a family of four, RAMA estudio attached a prefab...
Video: Prefab Japanese Joinery In our September 2011 Japan Style issue (now on newsstands!) we showcase a plethora of Japanese-influenced houses as well as...
This Eco-Minded Home in São Paulo Raises the Bar For Prefab Made of 100-percent recyclable materials and equipped with smart home technology, SysHaus is a new model by a Brazilian...
This Island Retreat in the Netherlands Flexes the Power of Prefab Designed by Orange Architects, the compact, energy-efficient home features open and airy interiors that can instantly be adjusted...
This Black Prefab Cabin in Uruguay “Melts” Into the Woods The modular design by iHouse is clad with sustainably sourced wood in a black finish, making it at home with the forest in more...
A Massive Metal “Caterpillar” Brings Eight Cost-Effective Apartments to Detroit Prince Concepts slices up a prefab Quonset hut to create a series of light-filled dwellings.
A Prefab Passive House Takes Root in the Catskills Assembled in just two weeks, the idyllic retreat near Woodstock, New York, realizes a couple’s dream of rural living.
A Seattle Musician Improvises During the Pandemic by Building Out His Own Backyard Cottage Starting with a design from prefab builder NODE, musician Michael Lerner relies on YouTube tutorials and perseverance to complete...
The Timber Screens of This Off-Grid Prefab in Italy Lift Up Like Wings Designed for a couple needing a temporary home, MU50 is a modular cabin whose moving sunshades create a dappled effect, called...
Raised in Just 10 Days, This Airtight Prefab Is a Lesson in Efficiency This stunning forest retreat in England uses prefabricated panels to minimize site impact, shorten construction time, and protect...