Wave House The Wave House Small “Hybrid Prefab” Home in the Desert The Blue Sky prototype home tiptoes gracefully across the desert landscape just north of Joshua Tree National Park.
Next House This Bright and Airy Backyard Cottage in Los Angeles Feels Like a Cabin in the Woods Originally an ADU for aging parents, this cottage in Solano Canyon is at once lofty and snug.
A Chicory Kiln Becomes a Sustainable Vacation Home With Endless Flexibility Mobile cabinetry and thoughtful reuse turn a dilapidated industrial structure into a warm and creative home with open-ended...
An Airy Apartment in a Converted Historic Gem Seeks $1.5M in Newport, Rhode Island Oversized windows frame picturesque city and water views, while soaring ceilings enhance the sense of space in this new...
The New Zealand Native That's Taking Over Rotterdam The sleek lighting designs of Sabine Marcelis are capturing the attention of fashion houses and architecture firms alike.
This Minimalist, Circular Prefab Takes Glamping to the Next Level The LumiPod offers an outdoor experience with the comfort of a high-end hotel room.
Mini Apartments and Next-Wave Prefab, Part 2 This seven-part blog series profiles a new prefab development in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood—a LEED Platinum-targeted...
Small, Green, and Mighty: Hurricane-Proof Prefab A new prefab company represents the future of low-impact affordable housing.
Preston 1 GOMOS #1 Dune 1 Mini Apartments and Next-Wave Prefab, Part 3 This blog series profiles a new prefab development in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood—a LEED Platinum-targeted building...
Meet the Prefab Unit That's Smart, Mobile, and Sustainable These self-sufficient, modular prefab housing units from Germany offer smart home technology and are designed to meet the Passive...
Get Smarter The story of the smart home has yet to be written—one early adopter explains why.
The Wave House by Mario Romano George Smart George Smart, executive director of Triangle Modernist Archive, is a modern-day Lorax for modern-designed houses.
The Small Black These 7 Wisconsin Prefabs Take Modular Design to the Next Level These seven striking homes are proof of how well prefabs work within the bucolic settings of America’s Dairyland.
This Villa in Belgium Has a Crazy Prefab Ceiling That Looks Like a Wave A concave ceiling is craned onto a rear extension in Belgium.
The Architect Next Door In Halifax, Canada, this modern multi-use residence by Susan Fitzgerald Architecture fosters a sense of community through living,...
Amazon Joins Forces With Plant Prefab, a Smart Housing Startup Amazon's Alexa Fund invests in Plant Prefab, a start-up specializing in the sustainable construction of prefab homes.
Smaller in Texas Texas architect Jim Poteet helped Stacey Hill, who lives in a San Antonio artists’ community, wrangle an empty steel shipping...
5 Prefab Companies in Arizona Eager to Build Your Next Home From Southwest-inspired residences to traditional log cabins, these prefab companies in Arizona can create the dwelling of your...
Smaller in Texas In a far-flung desert destination, designer Barbara Hill does it again.
5 Utah Prefab Companies Ready to Build Your Next Home From A-frames to ADUs, these prefab, modular, and kit homes are available for installation in Utah’s diverse landscape.
Goodbye, Smart Home? Is 2021 the year we give up on gadgetry and embrace a more elegant home intelligence?
This Utopian “House in the Orchard” Is Part Home and Part Greenhouse Located in rural Tuscany, this striking yet simple home hovers gently above the agrarian landscape.
Sky Small Building a small home doesn’t equate to easy lifting.
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.
This Super Smart, Super Green Prefab May Be the Future of Suburban Living The architecture firm superkül and home builder Great Gulf create a prefab with a self-regulating indoor climate.
Modern Texas Prefab 5 Prefab Companies That Are Changing the Way We Think About Smart Homes Check your aftermarket smart home gadgetry at the door—these five prefab companies are building smart from the start.