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.
7 Hawaiian Prefabs and Kit Homes If you enjoy breathtaking landscapes and sunny beaches, then Hawaii is the perfect destination for you.
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...
8 Inspirational Island Prefabs The idea of island living is as aspirational as it gets.
This Prefab Cabin Offers an Affordable Answer to Island Construction A cost-effective modular retreat embraces the landscape on a Lake Superior island in Wisconsin.
Serenity Awaits at These Prefab Cabin Rentals on Vashon Island The light and bright 570-square-foot units are just a 20-minute ferry ride from Seattle, Washington, perfect for a weekend...
These 7 Hawaiian Modernist Escapes Will Have You Dreaming of the Islands If you've ever entertained fantasies of a modernist escape on a tropical island, you'll fully understand why each of these...
Lego Island Step back, Jacobsen, Utzon, Kjaerholm, Wegner, and all you other great Danes.
23 Unconventional Homes Built Around Trees From Kyoto, Japan, to Austin, Texas, these dwellings take “bringing the outside in” to the next level.
A Breezy Prefab on Hawaii’s Big Island Lists For $379K Once a prototype showcased at Dwell on Design, this Cali Solo modular structure by HMK Prefab Homes is now all about island...
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.
A Prefab Home Soaks Up Dreamy Island Views in the Pacific Northwest Perched on a rocky bluff, a three-module home in the San Juan islands emphasizes energy-efficient design and indoor/outdoor...
This Unconventional Madrid Penthouse Has a Bathtub in the Living Room An architect's penthouse apartment has a living room bathtub surrounded by windows and skylights.
Long Island Found When the Fisher family’s 1960s Long Island beach bungalow started to crumble, they sought an architect who’d preserve the home’s...
A Norwegian Summer Cabin Embraces the Rocky Terrain Balancing on irregular, rough-hewn rocks along the Norwegian coast, this renovated summer cabin near a town called Larvik in...
This Prefab Office Was Installed in a Vancouver Island Backyard in Less Than Four Hours With the addition of a work-from-home space—a turnkey prefab from Aux Box—a couple’s retreat is now a full-time residence.
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...
Q&A: Sumayya Vally on Her Unconventional Vision for the Serpentine Pavilion The South African designer builds a monument to London’s neighborhood gathering places.
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...
Jens Risom’s Legacy Lives On at His Son’s Block Island Prefab Built to Passive House standards, the New England home of Tom Risom and Pamela Austen is a trove of modernist design.
We Dream of Prefabs ...and wake up, every so often, to a project that fulfills the potential of mass-produced housing.
Dwell and Dan Brunn Architecture Take an Unconventional Approach With Bridge House Embodying innovations in technology, architecture, and lifestyle, the 200-foot-long residence in Hancock Park, Los Angeles will...
Coney Island’s Newest Hotel Is a Miniature Mansion Made of Sand Booking.com just opened reservations for the “Sand”-sion—a life-size sandcastle in the midst of all the fun at Coney Island’s...
You Can Rent This Small Sicilian Apartment For $94 a Night This compact apartment on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Italy, is a modernist city retreat in the heart of a historic center.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
A $4000 Prefab Prototype in Vietnam A compact Vietnamese prefab housing prototype features local materials.