Ice House Detroit

For this rural Ontario home, building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.

Fifteen minutes from downtown Seattle, architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo transformed the neighborhood dump—a lot that had been vacant for 30 years—into their dream home.

If going green at home was so simple, everyone would do it right? And though it makes sense in theory, actually bringing a sustainable plan to life is often easier said than done.

The architect looks back at Habitat ’67 and shares his thoughts on the future of prefabrication.