prefab

The natural aged cedar exterior is protected by a steel roof.

Kuittinen was inspired by Japanese aesthetics to build his tiny home in Finland.

As Nicolás Tovo and Teresa Sarmiento of La Base embraced modular design as part of their architectural practice, they noticed that prospective clients were wary of prefabricated construction. So the duo teamed up with Place, an Argentine prefab builder, to make a proof of concept just outside the Patagonian resort town of Bariloche.

An Eilersen Chess sofa anchors the living space.

“CLT House is built in a forest clearing in upstate New York. Aiming for a light touch on its natural site, the 2,150-square-foot house was built with cross-laminated-timber (CLT) panels and installed in 11 days,” nARCHITECTS tells us. “The live-edge siding and its uneven weathering with time aims to provide a rustic contrast with the contemporary nature of the prefab build and its modern environmental features: geothermal wells, a radiant floor system, and a solar panel array.”

The eco-friendly escape is powered by solar panels and a wind turbine—and it even includes a full bath.

Located in Ojochal, Costa Rica, at the edge of a large tropical rain forest, the multi-disciplinary firm of A-01 (A Company / A Foundation) designed a prefabricated home that would respond to its local environment by exclusively using passive climate control.

With an off-the-grid house on a remote mountain, architect Smiljan Radić rebuilds the past.

The large blue barn door, mimicked by the garage doors, is an hommage to the family home, which also has big sliding storm doors.

The 4,200-square-foot home by Turkel Design balances top-quality natural materials and cutting-edge contemporary design with the ease of construction, expedited timeline, and cost benefits of prefab.

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

Designed by the prominent midcentury architecture firm Muhlenberg Brothers in the late 1950s, a house outside Reading, Pennsylvania, proved irresistible for Philadelphians Paul Savidge and Dan Macey.

Designed by Michael Kendrick Architects, the 503-square-foot prefab cabin hovers above the forest floor to reduce its impact on the nationally protected woodland.