Prefab

A small kitchenette comes complete with a cook top and oven. White oak wood flooring is used throughout, as a standard feature.

With its emphasis on the outdoors, the petite shelter in Normandy offers room to roam.

Although aux boxes were originally designed as detached one-room structures of around 100 square feet, they now offer the larger Model 240 and Model 620. (The model number denotes its footprint in square feet).

The 275-square-foot LOVT prefab is a feast of crisp millwork, with a modular daybed stacked on drawers and kitchen cabinets with cutouts for pulls.

Summary harnesses the power of prefabrication to create a set of compact homes on a breathtaking site.

In Australia, a manufacturer and an architecture firm create an off-grid home that can be broken down and shipped across the world.

“I envision people writing their books, music, refuelling their creative flow,” says Castillero. He should know about its energizing power more than anyone, really: it brought him back to his love of architecture, after all. “It’s truly my new happy place.”

Having bought and restored several quirky properties in Washington over the years, including a five-story tree house and a 100-year-old barracks, architect Jason F. McLennan and his wife, artist Tracy McLennan, bought the camp-like retreat in 2020—even though it had no power or running water at the time and is on a secluded island with no ferry service.

Pricing for a standard Jupe starts at $24,500, with additional costs for details like a front porch and off-grid capabilities.

All of the company's designs are permit-ready, and the team will help clients complete the necessary paperwork.

U.K. design firm Koto was founded by Johnathon and Zoe Little and Theo Dales in 2017 to provide nature-inspired spaces that enhance an overall sense of well-being. Their prefab residences, turnkey cabins, and now, a sauna designed in collaboration with Out of the Valley (which has one of its own), aim to better connect people to their natural environments with sleek, minimalist interiors that keep an emphasis on the outdoors.