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Seattle architecture firm Wittman Estes used its new modular prefab system to built a prototype on Whidbey Island in Washington for a family that loves the outdoors.

The house is clad with shou sugi ban-treated cedar siding.

Designed by Brian MacKay-Lyons, the property includes a guesthouse, a hot tub, and a prime position on the tip of a peninsula.

A series of “stacked boxes” laid the foundation for this Sea Ranch–inspired home on a narrow site set on two flood zones and filled with protected redwoods.

The home is a member of Detroit’s Lafayette Park, the United States' first urban-renewal project.

Floor plan of Casa Rupanco by Mas Fernández Arquitectura

The home meets the owners' wishes to be far removed from city life.

The front of the home has a ramp entrance that leads to a wraparound deck.

The home overlooks Rapunco Lake in Southern Chile, about 10 hours from where the owners' primary residence is.

The architects created a Japanese pagoda-style home to take advantage of the location.

Floor plan of No. 26 by CASC Design Inc.

The Copper Fox Treehouse Airbnb rental is located on the owners’ six-acre wooded property near Bradbury Mountain State Park in Maine.

Floor plan of Third Base Tiny Home by Ghislaine Viñas

In Barracas, Buenos Aires, architect Leandro Seoane teamed up with La Base to build a one-level home for his mother, Elena, on the site of a demolished 1940s dwelling. The project became a test of how La Base’s metal-and-wood language could merge with Place’s modular construction to create a compact, high-quality plan.

The concrete basin captures water after it is harnessed by a Pelton wheel for hydroelectric power. It also is a place for the outdoorsy couple to rinse off a bit of dirt before entering their new home.