Operating entirely off the grid, these homes match renewable energy sources with modern design.

Suzanne Shelton’s life work is making sustainable lifestyles attractive and accessible.

Grunge band producer Adam Kasper enlisted the help of the firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson for his family home on a small island...

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

Disguised as a humble farm shed, the prefabricated Tintaldra Cabin is a cool, contemporary home that goes completely off the grid...

A remote beachside cottage evokes the spirit of camping trips.

In Tasmania, an eco-conscious architect builds a vacation home that can stand up to an untamed island.

Nestled in secluded, rural settings, these minimalist cabins keep their whereabouts under wraps to help you disconnect.

Best of all, the simple shelter will be available to rent for short stays.

Plus, the high-desert outpost is available to rent.

The Watershed is an off-the-grid writer’s retreat that architect Erin Moore designed for her mother, nature writer Kathleen Dean...

Every week, we highlight one amazing Dwell home that went viral on Pinterest.

A prefabricated off-the-grid vacation home in eastern Washington is one with the land.

One of the benefits of prefabricated and modular buildings is that they leave minimal construction waste and can be built without...

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

These days, sheds and backyard studios are no longer just places to store gardening tools or holiday decorations, but they're...

For the spatially challenged, think vertically: lofted beds make every inch count.

In Northern California, a renovation reimagines a vintage trailer as an off-the-grid mobile home.

Tiny houses are spreading like proverbial wildfires across the world—and probably because it really just makes sense.