Prefab Homes Set on Stilts

Anthony Pellecchia and Kathy Wesselman's careful site planning garnered a waterfront view at little cost to the trees.

Remote living, especially on an island, requires a fair degree of self-sufficiency. Dangar Island has a limited water supply, so all the roofs on the Flood house were designed to collect rainwater and channel it into a 6,600-gallon tank.

Gerard Kitchener and his partner Denise spend most weekends on top of an exposed hill in a two-level steel-and-glass tower on stilts.

The cabin's curved zinc shell exudes a rugged, industrial look.

The Fish Camp acts as the couple’s forest getaway, just a quarter mile from their main house.

The resident, a Tokyo transplant, commissioned architect Tadashi Murai to create a fully-equipped structure that comes with its own power, heating and cooling, water, and waste-disposal systems.

The topography proved challenging so the designers elevated the house on piers.

The Blue Sky prototype house leads a second life as desert getaway for David McAdam and his partner Scott Smith.