This retreat in Ehime in northwestern Shikoku belongs to an aging husband and wife who don't see eye-to-eye on air conditioning.

An architect used the pleasant-to-pop material in the gut renovation of his 1930s colonial-style home.

With more and more people beginning to telecommute and work remotely from home, the home office is getting more attention than...

Versatile and hardworking, cork can soften, texturize, and insulate a space.

Clad in charred larch and built with prefabricated, structurally insulated panels, this lakeside home perches lightly on the land.

This stunning forest retreat in England uses prefabricated panels to minimize site impact, shorten construction time, and protect...

A sustainable home in Lexington, Massachusetts, brings contemporary design to an unexpected region.

Sustainable features keep this prefabricated building, designed by MOS Architects, cool and energy-efficient despite its New...

A green roof cools your home in the summer, insulates in the winter, and has far-reaching benefits for the community, but keeping...

A teardown renovation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, comes with a mandate for maximum efficiency.

From the use of structural insulated panels to achieving net-zero energy capability, these New England firms are paving the way...

With rhythmic charred-larch slats, tessellated stonework, and copper that radiates warmth, the Cotswold home celebrates locally...

Alternative materials help a house in California’s wine country tread lightly on the land.

Designed by Atelier Lina Bellovicova, House LO marks the country’s first residential project to use hempcrete, a sustainable and...

Measuring over 2,000 square feet, this uniquely shaped cabin amps up lakeside living in Minnesota.

Lake|Flato Architects built them two-feet thick and utilized a courtyard plan to passively cool and heat the West Texas home.

Evil Twin Brewing founder Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø puts his six-acre estate on the market.

Transported in a single shipping container and raised in two weeks, this clam-shaped cabin nestles against a rocky outcrop...

On Bainbridge Island, Jim and Hannah Cutler create a cabin for reading and working.

Maximum privacy and expansive views define this single-level home on a hilly slope along the Algarve coast.

ESCAPE One is a road-ready tiny home with 276 square feet of adaptable space.

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Inspired by a picture of a lunar lander, a naval architect perches a tiny house in the shrub-steppe landscape of Eastern...

A bright and beautifully updated SoCal Eichler house seeks a new owner.

Just think what you could do with a 120-square-foot studio in your backyard.

Two families live large and comfortably in this beautiful, self-sufficient prefab in rural Australia.

In Zaragoza, the humdrum exterior of a working-class home goes unmarred, but inside are flowing, loftlike interiors.

On the edge of a historic park in an English shire, a prefabricated home sets a new design standard.

Huge windows and energy-efficient elements make this Oregon residence a nature lover’s dream.

Bricks aren't just for brownstones.

A new posthumous book compiles the renowned architecture critic’s lifelong learnings—like how to cut an elegant section, or the...

An energy-efficient, rural retreat designed by owner/architect Lynn Gaffney hits the market.

Adding less than $100,000 of improvements to an off-the-shelf prefab model resulted in a clean-cut structure at the eastern base...

French builder Baluchon created Ala Köl for their clients’ life on the road.

The $60 million plan involves members of the Oglala Lakota Nation helping to build their own homes.

Here are the extraordinary prefabs that made the biggest splash this year.