modular architecture
Greenfab Is Washington’s First LEED Platinum Prefabricated Modular Home
Today, Greenfab was awarded LEED Platinum certification by the USGBC for achievement in green homebuilding and design. Greenfab’s prefabricated, modular home is the first to be certified LEED
Temporary BLUETUBE BAR is Wrapped With Bright Blue Corrugated Plastic Tubes
Unveiled for Queima das Fitas do Porto festival in Portugal, the BLUETUBE BAR uses TUBE-IT, a construction system that uses standard corrugated plastic tubes and plastic clamps. Designed by Dose
Sett Studio: A Stylish Modular Space Perfect for a Backyard Office or Guest Room
Sett Studio takes an innovative and green approach to designing functional spaces that can be used as a home office, an art studio, a yoga space, a kids room, a guest room and more. Sett uses modular
Housing Complex in Slovenia is a Series of Honeycomb Modular Apartments
This stunning seaside structure bursts free from the all-too-frequently stale stock of public housing projects with its dynamic array of brightly shaded cells. Taking its cues from the modular honeycomb
PHOTOS: MEKA Shipping Container Home Pops Up in NYC!
The popularity of prefab and shipping container construction is certainly on the rise, but New York City was still the last place we’d ever expected to see one pop up as a residence. Currently
PREFAB FRIDAY: “Box Office” Lets Employees Think Inside the Box
BOX Office is a vibrant office building made of shipping containers that is also designed to maximize productivity by providing a safe, comfy environment for its occupants. So in honor of Prefab Friday
Dune Hotel Provides Prefab Accommodation Where You Want To Be
The Dune Hotel is a prefab modular idea that is intended to fill urban niches and go where the action is. Emerging Brazilian Architect Guilherme de Vasconcelos wants us to take a look at those unused
Carred d’Etoiles: A Prefab Under the Stars
If you’re tired of boring ho-hum hotels and looking for a new sort of vacation experience, look into these cute little prefabs accommodations by Carre d’Etoiles, based in France. The
Form Meets Function in Modular Concrete Home
Whether you think form follows function or function follows form, the Pentimento House proves that form and function can work gracefully together. An elegant and contemporary version of the Lincoln Log
PREFAB FRIDAY: “Box Office” Shipping Container Office
Thinking inside of the box may become the newest trend for creative thinkers thanks to this new 12-unit office and studio building called the “Box Office.” Constructed of 32 shipping
PREFAB FRIDAY: Modularean Eco Prefab Dollhouse!
Every week on Inhabitat, we feature the best and the brightest in green prefab-ulous designs– so when we saw David Baker‘s stunning, tiny Modularean House, we were excited to see that the joy
PREFAB FRIDAY: resPOD from “Down Under”
It’s wonderful to see the popularity of prefabricated architecture spreading everywhere, from urban metropolises to pastoral rural settings. resPOD, a conceptual prefab design by Matthew Grace
PREFAB FRIDAY: $75,000 Clayton “I-house”
We love this prefab home because it’s extremely energy efficient and affordable coming in at under $75,000 for the smaller model and under $94,000 for the larger model. Clayton Homes, the largest
MODULAR ARCHITECTURE: Pratt Artists-in-Residence
Modular and prefabricated building techniques conserve many resources and have a much lighter impact on the environment than traditional construction practices, but we often see that they are still
PREFAB HYBRID: Wedge Home By Studio B Architects
Not everyone wants to live in a shipping container for the sake of eco-efficiency. That’s why homes such as this half-prefab, half-custom — or prefab hybrid, if you will — might just be
PREFAB FRIDAY: Stillwater Dwellings
We all love the idea of prefab homes – the simplicity of ready-made, to-go houses, and yet most of the time when we sit down to really study the plans with respect to our own lives and dreams,
Singapore’s Stunning Digital Cloud Skyscraper
This incredible pixelated skyscraper by Singapore-based Design Act was a finalist in a competition to design a pavilion for the World Expo 2010. Entitled “My Dream, Our Vision”, the project uses
PREFAB FRIDAY: The Evolving Énóvo House
We just caught wind of a beautiful new prefab that takes an innovative approach towards its own structural life-cycle. The Canada based Énóvo House features a sleek modular assembly that’s
PREFAB FRIDAY: PLUS HOUSE in Sweden
Tending away from the industrious (and eponymous) prefabricated square, the Plus House embraces its Nordic roots and rural setting as a thoroughly modern take on the Swedish barn house. The two-story
Rocio Romero LV Prefab Home Opens in Napa, California!
Up until fairly recently, Rocio Romero fans could only visit a fully realized public version of her enormously successful LV prefab in Missouri. Then, last month, a privately-owned and newly completed
PREFAB FRIDAY: ZeroHouse Shows Nothing is Everything
Ever dreamed of owning a completely self-sufficient home that produces its own energy, water, and is completely customizable? New York architect Scott Specht has the answer to all of our zero-energy
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