Prefab

Architect Jesse Garlick’s rural Washington vacation home references its rugged surroundings. The steel cladding has developed a patina similar to the ochre-red color of bedrock found in the area.

Embedded in the desert, this Marmol Radziner–designed prefab home for a Las Vegas casino executive features a James Turrell pyramidal Skyspace structure.

Since the front door is located in the exterior wall, residents first enter a vast garden before reaching the gable roof house.

The outer wall means residents don’t have to worry about privacy when the sun goes down and the house’s windows begin to glow.

Photo by Patrick Barta

Helsinki architect Ville Hara and designer Linda Bergroth collaborated on a prefab shed-meets-sleeping cabin, which can be assembled with little else than a screwdriver. Bergroth, inspired by nomadic yurt dwellers, wanted an indoor/outdoor experience for her property in Finland.

When they are eventually integrated into the parks, the cabins are meant to stand in groups of ten to 15.