The house has two modules: a living space on the left and a utilities, laundry, and outdoor kitchen on the right.
The house has two modules: a living space on the left and a utilities, laundry, and outdoor kitchen on the right.
The concrete plinth supports the planters and deck while concealing a foundation of concrete pylons. Both modules were transported to the site from a factory in Utah and installed with a crane.
The concrete plinth supports the planters and deck while concealing a foundation of concrete pylons. Both modules were transported to the site from a factory in Utah and installed with a crane.
The kitchen cabinets are custom-made from salvaged cypress.
The kitchen cabinets are custom-made from salvaged cypress.
Large canopies shade the retreat’s southern elevations, rendering the interior and ipe wood patio comfortable in the Texas heat.
Large canopies shade the retreat’s southern elevations, rendering the interior and ipe wood patio comfortable in the Texas heat.
The bedframe, also custom and seen here without a mattress, rests in the center of the living space and offers almost panoramic views.
The bedframe, also custom and seen here without a mattress, rests in the center of the living space and offers almost panoramic views.
In New Hampshire White Mountains, the Rocky Brook weeHouse is a loft-like home designed to embrace forest views and the sounds of rushing creek nearby.
In New Hampshire White Mountains, the Rocky Brook weeHouse is a loft-like home designed to embrace forest views and the sounds of rushing creek nearby.
While its exterior may look like weathering steel, the walls are actually fiber cement coated with oxidizing steel paint. This resource-saving measure means the protective rust is real but will not compromise the exterior.
While its exterior may look like weathering steel, the walls are actually fiber cement coated with oxidizing steel paint. This resource-saving measure means the protective rust is real but will not compromise the exterior.
The house rests just below the crest of a gently sloping hilltop and commands powerful views. Its transparency and small size aim to minimize its impact on the land.
The house rests just below the crest of a gently sloping hilltop and commands powerful views. Its transparency and small size aim to minimize its impact on the land.
The interior walls and floors are carbonized bamboo; this material consists of regular bamboo flooring treated with steam to create a darker and richer color.
The interior walls and floors are carbonized bamboo; this material consists of regular bamboo flooring treated with steam to create a darker and richer color.
An exercise in simplicity, the Sonoma weeHouse consists of two steel-framed volumes with ipe interiors, oiled oak cabinetry, and massive sliding glass walls that overlook valley views.
An exercise in simplicity, the Sonoma weeHouse consists of two steel-framed volumes with ipe interiors, oiled oak cabinetry, and massive sliding glass walls that overlook valley views.
Project Name: Blair Barn House

Website: http://www.weehouse.com/
Project Name: Blair Barn House Website: www.weehouse.com
Located two hours north of Boston, the Rocky Brook weeHouse is carved out of the grade of a steep creekside lot.
Located two hours north of Boston, the Rocky Brook weeHouse is carved out of the grade of a steep creekside lot.
A look inside the Cor-Ten–clad Sonoma weeHouse and its open-plan living space and ipe interiors.
A look inside the Cor-Ten–clad Sonoma weeHouse and its open-plan living space and ipe interiors.
Designed for year-round use, the Rocky Brook weeHouse features covered and exposed spaces for enjoying the outdoors.
Designed for year-round use, the Rocky Brook weeHouse features covered and exposed spaces for enjoying the outdoors.
The weeHouse has also been applied to a new, housing-for-the-homeless prototypes designed for the Envision Community Group in Minneapolis.
The weeHouse has also been applied to a new, housing-for-the-homeless prototypes designed for the Envision Community Group in Minneapolis.
The weeHouse exteriors are clad in corrugated Cor-Ten, but with a custom pattern of folds to create an organic randomness. The foundations were designed with a shallow recess around the top to make the modules look like they’re hovering. After they bought the property in early 2014, the Siegels camped there for two summers while they saved up money and planned a permanent structure. In his research, BJ came across this design, a customizable prefab house by Alchemy Architects. "Of all the things that I found, I was drawn to that one because it was absolutely the simplest and cleanest," he says.
The weeHouse exteriors are clad in corrugated Cor-Ten, but with a custom pattern of folds to create an organic randomness. The foundations were designed with a shallow recess around the top to make the modules look like they’re hovering. After they bought the property in early 2014, the Siegels camped there for two summers while they saved up money and planned a permanent structure. In his research, BJ came across this design, a customizable prefab house by Alchemy Architects. "Of all the things that I found, I was drawn to that one because it was absolutely the simplest and cleanest," he says.
Designed for senior design director at Apple, the ultra-minimal Sonoma weeHouse in California is a custom high-end build comprising two minimalist, open-sided boxes with nine-foot-tall sliding glass walls to open the interiors up to the outdoors.
Designed for senior design director at Apple, the ultra-minimal Sonoma weeHouse in California is a custom high-end build comprising two minimalist, open-sided boxes with nine-foot-tall sliding glass walls to open the interiors up to the outdoors.
Rocky Brook weeHouse diagram
Rocky Brook weeHouse diagram
The McGlasson weeHouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota.
The McGlasson weeHouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota.
The WeeHouse!
The WeeHouse!
The 570-square-foot Truro weeHouse in Cape Cod was site-built to allow for a floor plan that was wider than usual.
The 570-square-foot Truro weeHouse in Cape Cod was site-built to allow for a floor plan that was wider than usual.
The client behind Alchemy’s first prefab modular home inspired the weeHouse name. "weeHouse ended up being a great fit because the design does embody a certain modesty: reduced sizes based on optimizing modular delivery, with an added benefit of being more sustainable, more modestly placed on our earth," says Warner. "It’s a way to deliver design in an efficient package."
The client behind Alchemy’s first prefab modular home inspired the weeHouse name. "weeHouse ended up being a great fit because the design does embody a certain modesty: reduced sizes based on optimizing modular delivery, with an added benefit of being more sustainable, more modestly placed on our earth," says Warner. "It’s a way to deliver design in an efficient package."
This Texas modular, dubbed the Marfa Weehouse, provides sweeping views from its sheltered deck.  Conceptualized as the first in a three dwelling compound, this home shelters a bedroom, bathroom and a covered utility shed.
This Texas modular, dubbed the Marfa Weehouse, provides sweeping views from its sheltered deck. Conceptualized as the first in a three dwelling compound, this home shelters a bedroom, bathroom and a covered utility shed.
With generous sliding doors and a long deck along the majority of the front facade, the double width 2x model by weeHouse, a subdivision of Alchemy Architects, is a prefabricated home of about 1,450 square feet with three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
With generous sliding doors and a long deck along the majority of the front facade, the double width 2x model by weeHouse, a subdivision of Alchemy Architects, is a prefabricated home of about 1,450 square feet with three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Minnesota firm Alchemy Architect’s ultra-minimal weeHouse in Santa Rosa was designed in Minnesota for a client who lived in San Francisco, built in Oregon, then shipped to a peaceful slope in Santo Rosa surrounded by rolling hills and trees.
Minnesota firm Alchemy Architect’s ultra-minimal weeHouse in Santa Rosa was designed in Minnesota for a client who lived in San Francisco, built in Oregon, then shipped to a peaceful slope in Santo Rosa surrounded by rolling hills and trees.
Siting closely within the surrounding pine forest, the Weehouse designed by Alchemy Architects and constructed by Irontown Homes rest only one half hour up the mountain from Boulder, CO.The tight driveway and secluded mountainside locale created an interesting delivery in which the modules were lifted by crane over the treetops and set into place. The pre-finished steel siding has been joined by a special fire protective shell due to lying in a high risk fire zone. The plethora of windows allow for natural sunlight to illuminate the warm, open interior.
Siting closely within the surrounding pine forest, the Weehouse designed by Alchemy Architects and constructed by Irontown Homes rest only one half hour up the mountain from Boulder, CO.The tight driveway and secluded mountainside locale created an interesting delivery in which the modules were lifted by crane over the treetops and set into place. The pre-finished steel siding has been joined by a special fire protective shell due to lying in a high risk fire zone. The plethora of windows allow for natural sunlight to illuminate the warm, open interior.
Wee Approve

Inflate the scale of the support trestles, add floors and ceilings, and you have the core of the QuaDror prefab house. The QD 01-06 dwellings, created in partnership with Minnesota prefab outfit weeHouse, range from 900 to 3,000 square feet—“single and double story, and two versions that are elevated off the ground, which is beneficial for certain climates,” Benshetrit says. As with the trestles, the QD interlocking frame modules, constructed from eight beams, are shipped flat and set up onsite. “The whole house shouldn’t take more than a few days to assemble,” the designer says. “It’s really and truly a kit—a lucid system that results in a product you park on your land.” QD 01-06 houses will be available this spring.
Wee Approve Inflate the scale of the support trestles, add floors and ceilings, and you have the core of the QuaDror prefab house. The QD 01-06 dwellings, created in partnership with Minnesota prefab outfit weeHouse, range from 900 to 3,000 square feet—“single and double story, and two versions that are elevated off the ground, which is beneficial for certain climates,” Benshetrit says. As with the trestles, the QD interlocking frame modules, constructed from eight beams, are shipped flat and set up onsite. “The whole house shouldn’t take more than a few days to assemble,” the designer says. “It’s really and truly a kit—a lucid system that results in a product you park on your land.” QD 01-06 houses will be available this spring.