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This striking, bright-red modular home connects to its surroundings through contrast

While some architects use various strategies to blend their design into natural surroundings, Santiago-based firm Felipe...

Movable House, Rahbaran Hürzeler Architekten, prefab movable house, flexible modular house

This prefab movable house can be assembled anywhere

On the go? Not a problem. This movable, prefab house from Swiss studio Rahbaran Hürzeler Architekten can be built...

Airbus, Zodiac Aerospace, Airbus pods, Airbus modular pods, Airbus cargo pods, Airbus modular cargo pods, Airbus luxury travel, Airbus A330, modular design, travel

Airbus is putting spacious sleeping pods in airplane cargo holds

Finally, airlines have found a way to give you more space to stretch out on flights, but there's one catch: you...

Urbanauts, temporary installation, wood installation, modular design, orizzontale, public design, public spaces, exhibition spaces, the Netherlands, RAUM, green design, LED lights, LED, tower, observation deck, flexible spaces

This “boat” on wheels turns city dwellers into urban adventurers

Urban adventurers, prepare to set sail: A temporary installation in Utrecht, the Netherlands is transforming its...

Mandalaki Design Studio, the Monocabin, microliving, modular concrete panels, modular living, modular design, modular tiny home, tiny home rentals, microliving, microliving architecture, tiny home design, tiny cabins greece, greek architecture, rhodes architecture, tiny cabins for rent on Rhodes, island tiny homes, airbnb tiny homes, tiny home construction

Meet the Monocabin, a tiny home rental mere steps from the Aegean Sea

Milan-based Mandalaki Design Studio has created the gorgeous all-white Monocabin - a prototype for micro-living...

WeWork, kindergarten, school, WeGrow, New York City, Chelsea, co-working, treehouses, modular design, modular school, green architecture

BIG and WeWork reveal plans for interactive WeGrow kindergarten in New York City

International startup WeWork is expanding beyond its co-working roots with a public kindergarten in New York...

Villa Jardín, ASP Arquitectura Sergio Portillo, Mexico City, reclaimed wood, vertical garden, natural ventilation, green interior, green architecture, modular space, modular design

This Mexico City home is built around a gorgeous vertical garden

The verdant Villa Jardín in Mexico City uses vegetation to unify its indoor and outdoor spaces. Architecture firm...

Barn renovation, Norway, OPA Form, green addition, modular design, repurpose, green renovation, wooden structure

The rustic exterior of this abandoned barn hides a surprising space to get away from it all

This neglected old barn in Norway will soon host visitors from all around the world, thanks to a recent makeover...

Tower of Winds, temporary structures, renewable lifespan, modular design, modular architecture, Tram-Anh Nyugen, Impermanent Devices, Périphérique, Paris, local materials, interactive facade

Tower of Winds embraces impermanence with a striking kinetic facade

The Tower of Winds reimagines common water reservoirs as structures in constant evolution. Designed as a competition...

House in Ourém, Filipe Saraiva Arquitectos, modular architecture, modular design, Portugal, prefab, concrete panels, green architecture, low maintenance

This beautiful home in Portugal was inspired by a child’s drawing

This gorgeous monolithic house in Portugal, designed by Filipe Saraiva Arquitectos, uses modular design to stay...

Lego Lunch, modular design, green restaurant, Lithuania, shipping containers restaurant, green architecture, LED lights, insulation, modular architecture, Hermann Kamte & Associates

Modular Lego Lunch restaurant built from recycled shipping containers pops up in Lithuania

A modular fast food restaurant popped up in Siauliai, Lithuania, to provide a healthy communal space that can be...

Allen Key House, Architect Prineas, green addition, Sydney, modular structure, Californian Bungalow, bungalow, natural light, courtyards, light well, modular design

Modular shed-like addition turns a 1930s bungalow into an open, light-filled home

A 1930s California Bungalow in Sydney received a modern shed-like addition that maximizes the usability of the...

Chapman Taylor, Holiday Inn Express, shipping container hotel, shipping containers, prefab, Manchester, United Kingdom, Bowmer & Kirkland, modular design, rain screens, green architecture

Fully-furnished shipping containers form unique prefab hotel in Manchester

Architecture firm Chapman Taylor just unveiled images of the recently completed Holiday Inn Express at Manchester’s...

Cylinder House, Lyon, modular architecture, modular design, France, undulating facade, glass faacade, Town and Concrete, Cyril Lancelin, green architecture

Modular Cylinder House weaves its way through a forest in France

This remarkable Cylinder House designed for Lyon, France, takes modular architecture to the next level. Cyril Lancelin,...

Ofis Arhitekti, modular design, wooden structures, temporary structure, library, Ljubljana, Slovenia, green architecture, temporary architecture, flexible spaces, concrete, cabin, temporary shelter, treehouse

These wooden blocks can be stacked up to create cabins, treehouses, and wilderness shelters

Most cabins lie flat upon the earth - but Ofis Arhitekti just unveiled a wooden retreat that's stacked up into...

Nanoleaf, Aurora light installation, Terra installation, Anchorage Museum, light installation, modular design, temporary installation, Alaska

Nanoleaf’s Terra light wall paints Arctic landscapes with 1,200 color-changing LEDs

Nanoleaf - creators of the first modular smart light - recently unveiled a mesmerizing light wall at Alaska's Anchorage...

Spaceship Heart, Collective Paper Aesthetics, modular system, cardboard, cardboard architecture, interactive installation, New York City, Design Pavilion, Times Square, modular design

Anyone can be a designer using this amazing modular system made from cardboard stools

This amazing "spaceship" playhouse can be assembled in an endless variety of combinations - and it's made entirely...

Moduu House, Antony Gibbon Designs, prefab housing, charred wood, timber cladding, modular design, green architecture, floor-to-ceiling windows

This charred wood cabin can be rearranged in an infinite number of ways

This beautiful prefab house by Antony Gibbon Designs is made up of six modules that can be configured in an endless...

Garden Module by Luisa + Lilian Parrado, diy vertical garden, modular green wall, modular green wall design, 2017 European Product Design Award,

Flexible Garden Modules make it easy to build your own green wall

Architects and twin sisters Luisa + Lilian Parrado are on a mission to make it easy to add a stylish splash of...

Elytra Filament Pavilion by University of Stuttgart, Vitra Design Museum robot architecture, Elytra Filament Pavilion, Elytra Filament Pavilion at Vitra Museum, robot built architecture, robotically built architecture, resin soaked glass, carbon fiber pavilion, carbon fiber architecture, biomimetic architecture

Robotically woven hexagonal pavilion heralds revolution in architecture

An exciting fusion between robotics and architecture is on the rise, and the potential of digital fabrication is...

Pod hotels, Modular design, Williamsburg hotels, Garrison Architects

NYC’s first modular micro hotel set to open this spring

BD Hotels and CB Developers recently announced their plans to open Pod Brooklyn, NYC's first-ever entirely modular...

Tree of Arts by Hello Wood, Hello Wood christmas tree, Mupa Christmas tree, Budapest Christmas tree, LED christmas tree design, modular christmas tree, christmas tree made from light boxes, recyclable christmas tree

LED Christmas tree built from recyclable wooden boxes lights up Budapest’s largest concert hall

Christmas is now over but the holiday spirit still lives on through festive decorated trees. Hello Wood recently...

al_a, arup laboratories, pitch/pitch, football field, uk football, stackable football field, london design, london architecture, modular design, modular football field

These modular, stackable football fields are popping up all over London

Sports will always be a primary pastime for folks all over the world, especially in densely populated cities. But...

Helios Touch, Helios Touch Kickstarter, Helios Touch by James Vanderpant, Helios Touch by Dyena, Helios Touch LED, Helios Touch brightness, modular lighting, customizable modular lighting, modular LEDs

Lego-like LEDs snap together to transform your walls into light art

Designed by James Vanderpant and James Glover of Dyena, Helios Touch uses moveable hexagon LED modules to create...

Dinky Dub by Dub Box, modular Dinky Dub, modular travel trailer, modular camper van, smaller compact campers, affordable trailers, Volkswagen inspired trailers,

Affordable and compact Dinky Dub camper offers a modular twist to the vintage VW look

Weighing in at just 1,000 pounds, the Dinky Dub does come with some sacrifices when compared with its full-sized...

cubicco, prefab home, modular home, hurricane-proof home, miami, florida, energy efficient home

Cubicco’s hurricane-proof modular homes break into Miami’s construction scene

A standard model Cubicco home is far and above what one might expect from a prefabricated house. Stylish and modern...

Leckie Studio Architecture + Design, Backcountry Hut Company, wilderness huts, prefabricated wilderness huts, prefab wilderness cabin, rugged wilderness cabin,

Backcountry Hut Company designs rugged flat-packed cabins for wilderness enthusiasts

The design team said in their brief for this project that The Backcountry Hut Company's genesis was inspired by...

Cantilever House, prefab house in Little Rock, affordable prefab home in Arkansas, modular house designed by students

Arkansas university students designed this prefab cantilevering home for $136 per square foot

The modules were stacked perpendicular to one another, with the lower volume housing the kitchen, living and dining...

2222 Jackson Avenue, oda, oda architecture, long island city architecture, long island city apartments, modular architecture, modular design, green design, green architecture, nyc architecture

Vertical village of modular blocks adds a pixelated punch to the LIC skyline

Slightly reminiscent of Moshe Safdie's famous Habitat 67 in Montreal, 2222 Jackson is a 168,000-square-foot rental...

Solar Cabin, Home Away From Home, energy-generating solar field, modular refugee housing, solar-powered modular refugee home, refugee homes with rooftop solar, The Netherlands refugee housing, Dutch Design Week, Dutch prototypes of refugee housing, dNArchitectuur, Office Sunday

Solar Cabin: modular refugee housing with an energy-generating solar field

With prefabricated gypsum walls and a western red cedar facade, Solar Cabin is an aesthetically-pleasing design...

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