Challenged to build a budget-friendly dream home, a Wyoming firm delivers a bold, beautiful box.

Prince Concepts slices up a prefab Quonset hut to create a series of light-filled dwellings.

The 1,000-square-foot dwelling mixes raw and refined materials in a cost-effective strategy.

A cost-effective modular retreat embraces the landscape on a Lake Superior island in Wisconsin.

These surface treatments can give your kitchen appliances a quick, cost-effective makeover.

Modular, adaptable, and cost-effective, this experimental home provides a model for progressive rural housing in Mexico.

An architect designs a cost-effective home for his parents that allows for multigenerational living and responds to the harsh...

Looking to build your own backyard house? These ready-made retreats are packed full of inspiration.

Bob Butler drew lessons from the legendary Case Study House program to design his cost-effective residence in Nashville.

Buckminster Fuller is credited with inventing the geodesic dome, and designing over 3,000 of the structures the American...

Prefabricated homes in New England have never looked so appealing, thanks to these Massachusetts companies.

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

A shipping container home tackles temperature control in a tropical environment.

Asking $3.8 million, this residence in Uusimaa set on five lush acres features a private beach, a sauna, and a gym, making for an...

The advantages that come with building a steel prefab go far beyond just the aesthetic choices.

From kitchen cabinets to bedroom dressers, your furniture could benefit from some sprucing up.

In Puebla, Mexico, two local architecture firms team up to create the Saint Peter House—a striking brick home with a unique,...