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Situated between two hills in the Napa Valley, this residence was designed by Signum to be constructed from eleven modules prefabricated by Method Homes.

Floor Plan of Klein-Hangklip Shipping Container House

Completed in 2018 on a 2.6-acre site in the San Juan Islands, the two-bedroom modular home was installed in a day.

At 74 square meters (797 square feet), this variation of the Vinkelhuset line by Danish modular cabin designer Møn Huset is L-shaped in plan and hits all the right notes, boasting clean lines, a practical gabled roof, and simple, attractive detailing on the interior.

The organic placement of the windows echoes the knots on the trunks of the surrounding trees.

"Radical sustainability

The house is balanced atop a rocky slope. “Not one millimeter of rock was blasted away,” says Rickard, who deferred to the topography in his design.

Floor Plan of Gneissland by Legendary Group

“Metaphorically, the cabin’s exterior is like a cut log,” Lane says. “The black-stained Western red cedar is the bark, and the Douglas fir siding under cover is the exposed wood once the log has been cut.” Beyond the house and native sod gardens, a meadowscape blends into the mature pine forest at the lakefront. “We wanted a woodland garden quality,” landscape architect Soren deNiord says.

The detached screened porch sits out in the landscape, not unlike a Japanese teahouse.