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Solar-powered modular retreat design in Melbourne inspired by the local landscape

A family's wish to spend time in a self-sufficient weekend home has resulted in a beautiful modular design. Located...

Resolution 4 Architecture,prefab architecture, hamptons, upstate new york, hamptons architecture, cedar siding, prefab materials, prefab design, home architecture, sustainable design, energy efficiency

Resolution 4’s gorgeous Swingline home brings sophisticated prefab to the Hamptons

Located Wainscott, NY, the luxury vacation home is set in a wooded three-acre site, offering an idyllic retreat...

HEX-SYS modular building system, Open Architecture, hexagonal building system, modular building, China, buildings that don't need glue or welding, open architecture modular design, open architecture hexagonal prefab construction

Eye-catching hexagonal buildings go up in a snap – no glue or welding required

The showroom, designed for real estate giant Vanke and located close to the new Guangzhou South Railway Station,...

Abod Shelters, slum dwellers, poverty, green design, sustainable design, prefab design, tiny houses, South Africa, BSB Design, natural light, humanitarian design, social design, eco-design, Johannesburg, informal housing, cheap housing, Doug Sharp

Tiny Abod Shelters Provide Humane Housing for Slum Dwellers in Just One Day

Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Doug amassed a team of designers to help him with his latest philanthropy project...

Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, mirrored home, innovative design, Casa Invisibile, tailor-made home, prefab home,

Casa Invisibile is an innovative, tailor-made prefab home with mirrored walls

Delugan Meissl's idea of the future home was designed with flexibility and spatial quality in mind. Its modular,...

O-office Architects, Shenzhen, China, Dying Factory, green renovation, youth hotel, hostel, prefab, prefab facade, prefab architecture

O-office Architects transform a factory dormitory into a modern youth hotel in Shenzhen

The renovation process incluuded two major interventions. First, a new central corridor had to be formed in order...

MU Architects, the Giants of Bigwin, architecture, Lake of Bays, Canada, Bigwin island housing competition, Bigwin golf club, prefab architecture, prefab design, Bigwin Island Block 78 Invited Design Competition, tee pees, hut designs, green design

MU Architecture unveils tiny copper and glass huts for Canada’s Bigwin Island

Although hardly noticeable, the structures are entirely prefabricated and can be assembled on site, reducing the...

green design, eco design, sustainable design , hotel Daniel, LoftCube, pop up penthouse, Studio Aisslinger, Graz Austria

Austria’s Hotel Daniel Gets a LoftCube Penthouse!

Since Hotel Daniel was unable to expand outwards, its proprietors looked to the sky, deciding to grow vertically...

cargotecture, architecture,green design, eco design, sustainable design, prefab design, cargo container, cargo shipping container, shipping container, cargoguitar, guitar, cargo guitar, kobe biennale, guitar inside cargo container, recycled cargo container, art japan,

Artists Convert Cargo Container Into a Giant Working Guitar!

CargoGuitar consists of eight giant steel strings stretched across the interior of the container in a half-twist...

Studio Shed, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, Heather Irmiger, prefab shed, prefab design, Boulder, Colorado, Olympic mountain bikers, cycling couple, cycling, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, FSC-certified lumber, solar shed, green shed, backyard shed, stylish shed, prefab shed design,

Olympic Cyclist’s Bespoke Prefab Sheds Produce So Little Waste it Fits in a Garbage Bag!

Apart from the original shed that still occupies a space in Jeremy and Heather's yard, the couple now have a 16x20...

Happy Cheap House, Tommy Carlsson, architecture, prefab housing, prefab design, corrugated iron homes, low cost architecture, laminated plywood,

Asymmetrical Happy Cheap House is a Quirky Prefab Retreat

Located in Stockholm, Carlsson's low-cost prefabricated home is based on a frame made out of laminated plywood....

Urban Reef, VIVA Vancouver, vancouver, pop up park, urban seating, robson redux, pedestrian friendly, modular seating

Urban Reef Encourages Summertime Street Lounging in Vancouver

Each summer Vancouver works to create vibrant pedestrian spaces to help people make the best of the good weather...

royal docks london, floating village london, drmm architects, carillion igloo genesis, buro happold, floating homes uk, floating homes london, prefab construction

England’s First Floating Village Coming Soon to East London’s Royal Docks

Faced with rising sea levels, would you consider a move onto the water? Soon, a community of Londoners will have...

Palo Alto Prefab, CleverHomes, Toby Long, prefab home, palo alto, green home, modular home, modular housing, reclaimed barn wood

CleverHomes Completes Outstanding Palo Alto Prefab Clad in Reclaimed Barn Siding

The Palo Alto prefab is located on a small lot near Stanford University and replaces an older home. Primarily constructed...

Governor’s Cup, Governors Island, SEAoNY, AIANY, ENYA, Emerging New York Architects Committee, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, Structural Engineers Association of New York, CDR Studio, Kimberly Tate, Katya Zavyalova, design, recycling, art, ART NYC, FIGMENT Festival, plastic cups, hanging sculpture, interactive art, installation art, prefab design,

Governor’s Cup Pavilion Weaves Through Trees With Over 25,000 Recycled Cups

Here at Inhabitat, we love seeing artists transform recycled materials into larger-than-life sculptures, which...

Governor’s Cup, Governors Island, SEAoNY, AIANY, ENYA, Emerging New York Architects Committee, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, Structural Engineers Association of New York, CDR Studio, Kimberly Tate, Katya Zavyalova, design, recycling, art, ART NYC, FIGMENT Festival, plastic cups, hanging sculpture, interactive art, installation art, prefab design,

Governor’s Cup Amazes Crowds at the 2014 FIGMENT Festival (PHOTOS)

Kimberly Tate of CDR Studios told Inhabitat that their project is a densely knit serpentine canopy of plastic cups...

Breeze Aire, Blu Homes, prefab home, prefab, blu homes prefab, green home, eco home

Blu Homes Unveils New Breeze Aire Prefab Inspired by Joseph Eichler’s Iconic Dwellings

With the addition of the Breeze Aire to their line up, Blu Homes now offers eight different styles as well as the...

Halley VI Antarctic research station, Hugh Broughton Architects, AECOM, Antarctic research station, Antarctica, modular architecture, mobile architecture, prefab design, Brunt Ice Shelf, British Antarctic Survey, research stations, extreme weather, flexible architecture, temporary structures

Halley VI: The World’s First Modular Research Station in Antarctica Can Climb Through Snow

Halley Research Stations, run by the British Antarctic Survey, are dedicated to exploring the Earth's atmosphere....

Camera Buildings, tiny house, prefab, tiny prefab, prefab design, prefab studio, Filter Studio

Camera Buildings’ Tiny Prefab Studio Features a Slatted Skin for Perfectly Filtered Interior Daylighting

This micro prefab space by tiny house company Camera Buildings is designed to be the perfect ready-to-use accessory...

cf moller, c.f. Møller, energinet, switchgear station, gis switchgear station, transmission station, denmark, renewable energy, wind power, prefab, prefab design, daylighting, natural light, transmission grid, transmission system, electric transmission, electric grid, green design, green building, green architecture, sustainable building, sustainable design, sustainable architecture, eco design

C.F. Møller’s Prefab Switchgear Station Routes Renewable Energy Through Denmark

Denmark is currently upgrading its electric grid to accommodate an increase in demand. This involves adding new...

Solar Decathlon 2013, Solar Decathlon Team UNC Charlotte, UrbanEden, net-zero prefab homes, solar-powered homes, tiny homes, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, green design, energy efficiency, rooftop solar panels, modular design, prefab design

UrbanEden: Net-Zero Solar-Powered Home Can be Planted Like a Tree in the City

Team UNC oriented UrbanEden to maximize winter solar exposure while reducing solar gain during hot summer months....

weehouse, weehome, tiny house, tiny home, micro house, micro home, alchemy architects, green design, green architecture, prefab, prefab architecture, prefab design, prefab home

Alchemy Architects Build Tiny Prefab weeHouses that Connect with Nature

Alchemy Architects' weeHouses are constructed as pre-built modules framed with steel and wood. They can be built...

HARVEST, solar decathlon, prefab, solar energy, clean tech, renewable energy, urban garden, prefab design, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, solar decathlon 2013, Team Capitol D.C.

HARVEST: A Solar-Powered Prefab that Replenishes Nature’s Gifts

The net-zero home designed by Team Capitol D.C. has so many wonderful features that not only make the home itself...

River Hull Footbridge, McDowell + Benedetti, Grontmij, River Hull Yorkshire, footbridge, pedestrian bridge, footbridge design, bridge design, prefab design, rotating bridge, high-tech bridge

UK’s River Hull Footbridge is “Ridden” by Pedestrians While it Swings

The footbridge is approximately 16 meters in diameter and features a series of wheels running on a circular track...

Switzerland, AFGH Architekten, floating structures in Switzerland, Lake Rotsee, Lake Rotsee Refuge, Lake Rotsee regatta, green design, prefab design, eco-design, sustainable design

Retractable Sliding Shutters Protect Switzerland’s Floating Lake Rotsee Refuge

Floated on concrete pilings and connected to the lakeshore by a bridge, Lake Rotsee Refuge is the first building...

Sprout Space, Perkins + Will, Triumph Modular, portable classroom, prefab design, prefabricated architecture, sustainable building, green building, green school, prefab classroom

Perkins + Will’s Prefab Sprout Space Classroom is a Healthy, Green Learning Environment

Approximately 7.5 million students in the US are taught in more than 300,000 portable classrooms. Many of them...

Spillmann Echsle Architekten, House Uesslingen, sawtooth roof, Swiss Design, Switzerland, green design, prefab design, low carbon footprint, daylighting, natural light, sustainable design, eco-design, Switzerland, pitched roof, Kanton Thurgau, prefabricated home

House Uesslingen: Swiss Prefab Home Topped With a Sawtooth Roof

Limited by planning laws, Spillmann Echsle found a way to incorporate the iconic pitched roof into the Uesslingen...

Greece, coastal home, holiday home, solar-powered, Villa F, Hornung & Jacobi, sustainable design, prefab design, green design, eco-design, Villa F, holiday home, solar power, skylights, natural cooling, chimney effect

Coastal Solar-Powered Villa F Prefab Soaks Up the Sun in Greece

The seaside site is framed by an existing natural stone wall that was incorporated into the design. The entryway...

Les Coccinelles Nursery, Saint Gratien, France, prefab design, chestnut wood, green design, energy efficiency, sustainable design, eco-design, education, nursery school, solar gain

SOA Architects’ Prefab Les Coccinelles Nursery is Wrapped in Delicate Sunlight-Diffusing Panels

The Saint-Gratien nursery is separated into three different sections that each correspond to a different age group....

Luís Rebelo de Andrade, Diogo Aguiar, eco-resort, Pedras Salgadas, prefab design, modular design, green design, eco-resort, sustainable design, prefab design, vernacular architecture, Portugal, small environmental footprint

Tranquil Eco-Resort Springs up Between the Trees in Portugal’s Parque de Pedras Salgadas

Diogo Aguiar told Dezeen that the commission for an eco-resort aroused a strong sense of responsibility given that...

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