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Tikku by Casagrande Laboratory, Tikku 2017 Helsinki Design Week, Tikku architecture, mobile micro apartment, prefab apartments, prefab micro apartment, micro housing in cities, Marco Casagrande Tikku

Skinny micro-apartment can pop up in a parking space in just one day

Living in an apartment with the footprint of a parking space may seem improbable and uncomfortable, but the chic...

Snohetta, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, aluminium, aluminium façade, green façade, prefab, prefab façade, Bergen Norway, outdoor plaza

A puzzle-like aluminum façade wraps around Bergen’s National Academy of the Arts

Snøhetta’s recently completed National Academy of the Arts in Bergen is wrapped in an innovative prefab façade...

SwissTeam, 2017 Solar Decathalon, Innovation, green technology, U.S. Department of Energy, USA, Denver, Colorado, green building, design,

Switzerland’s NeighborHub wins first place in the Solar Decathalon 2017

This past week, eleven teams of students designed, built and presented futuristic houses at the Solar Decathalon...

Cover prefab, Cover Los Angeles factory, Passive House prefabs, prefab architecture Los Angeles, prefab home factory LA., modular architecture Los Angeles, energy efficient prefabs

Cover installs its first prefab dwelling “for the masses” in L.A.

Thoughtful prefabricated design for the masses just moved one big step closer to reality. Tech company Cover just...

RISE at Solar Decathlon 2017, RISE by Berkeley and Denver students, RISE sustainable architecture, Solar Decathlon 2017, Solar Decathlon Berkeley, Solar Decathlon Denver, stackable and scalable architecture, modular prefab homes, net-zero energy affordable housing

Net-zero prefab home stacks together and expands like children’s blocks

Wish you could expand the size of your home without breaking the bank? A group of architecture students from the...

DD16 by BIO Architects, DD16 cabin, DD16 prototype, DD16 cabin near Moscow, prefabricated Moscow building, prefabricated floating architecture, floating modular architecture, off-grid floating house, off-grid modular architecture, off-grid prefab home

Compact floating cabin pops up in extreme remote locations

Russian firm BIO-architects recently unveiled their latest modern modular cabin — and it floats on water. 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...

LaunchPod, LaunchPod by Wimshurst Pelleriti, Wimshurst Pelleriti, RHP, Legal & General, London, Richmond, United Kingdom, architecture, design, housing, housing crisis, affordable housing, prefabricated, prefab, cross laminated timber, prefabricated housing, prefabricated home, prefabricated house, prefab housing, prefab home, prefab house, modular, modular housing, modular house, modular home

Solar-powered prefab homes for struggling millennials pop up in a single day

An increasing number of people in the United Kingdom make too much money to qualify for social housing, but struggle...

DFAB House, ETH Zurich, 3d-printed house, robots,3d printers, 3d printers, Empa, green architecture, digital technologies, concrete, prefab, formwork, digital fabrication

Giant robots are building a futuristic house in Switzerland

Researchers from ETH Zurich University plan to use giant robots and 3D printers to build "the first house in the...

Son Juliana winery by Munarq Arquitectes, Majorca winery, solar powered winery, off grid winery, cork lined roofs, cork for insulating roofs, geothermal heat pump winery, renewable energy winery, off grid Majorca, Son Juliana winery,

100% solar-powered winery keeps naturally cool with cork-insulated roofs

An off-grid Spanish winery is harnessing the full power of the sun to ripen grapes and turn the fruit into wine....

KODA by Kodasema, Kodasema housing, Kodasema architecture, Kodasema tiny house, Kodasema prefab, KODA tiny house, KODA prefab, KODA in the UK, tiny solar powered homes, affordable housing criss solutions, London housing crisis, WAN Urban Challenge 2017, sustainable tiny home

Tiny solar-powered KODA house launches in the UK for £150K

Estonian design collective Kodasema just launched KODA, a tiny prefabricated house with big goals for tackling...

Guangzhou East Railway Station, railway terminal, train station, green renovation, Guangzhou, Architectural design and Research Institute of SCUT, canopy, natural light, glass roof, prefab, modular, green architecture

A beautiful “canopy of light” resurrects the Guangzhou East Railway Station in China

One of the biggest railway terminals in China recently received an extensive renovation that shelters the main...

Olive Tree House by Eva Sopéoglou, Halkidiki house, Halkidiki summer house, prefabricated summer retreat, prefab Greek home, prefab summer home, METALSO in prefab homes,

Tiny eco-minded home bathes owners in the dappled light of metal leaves

Who can resist an afternoon nap in dappled sunlight? Sleeping beneath a tree canopy can be wonderful but not always...

Pointe Cabin by Superkül architects, Pointe Cabin on Lake Simcoe, retreat within a retreat architecture, prefabricated cabin, factory built cabin, pre built cabin, prefabricated architecture, timber cabin in Ontario

Prefabricated lakeside cabin is a beautiful exercise in restraint

Family reunions can be loud affairs, a fact that one Torontonian family patriarch with ten energetic grandkids...

House of 33 Years, prefab, Japan, Assistant architects, steel frame, locally sourced materials, green architecture, prefab housing, pavilions, courtyard, installations

Japan’s House of 33 Years was once two separate buildings in two different towns

The past and the future coexist in this daylit house in Nara, Japan. Tokyo-based architecture studio ASSISTANT...

OOD, ÖÖD homes, tiny pop up hotel rooms, tiny moveable homes, Estonian home startup, pop up homes, modular tiny homes, mirrored glass architecture

These gorgeous glass homes can pop up in 8 hours for under $50k

Meet ÖÖD, a gorgeous prefab abode that doesn’t compromise privacy for stellar views. Clad in mirrored glass,...

Arctic TreeHouse Hotel by Studio Puisto, Arctic TreeHouse Hotel Finland, Arctic TreeHouse Hotel Northern Lights, northern lights hotel finland, lapland ecofriendly hotel, ecofriendly Finland hotel, prefabricated hotels,

Lose yourself in Arctic beauty at Finland’s charming TreeHouse Hotel

Santa’s home base in the Arctic Circle has a new, uniquely crafted hotel that’ll let you watch the Northern...

Treehouse, treehouses, tree house, treehouse in China, Treehouse M, treehouse m by land studio, mount Qiyun treehouse, treehouse modern China, treehouse forest resort, M shaped architecture, prefab treehouse, outdoor bathtub

This spectacular treehouse in China immerses guests in nature

A romantic weekend escape awaits lucky couples on China's Mount Qiyun. Cambridge graduates Andong Lu and Pingping...

House in the Woods by alma-nac, House in the Woods in England, prefabricated housing, prefab contemporary home, SIPs architecture, SIP prefab home,

Airtight prefab House in the Woods pops up in just ten days

Airtightness, minimal site disturbance, and speedy construction are just a few benefits of the striking House in...

Arup, Circular Economy Building, London Design Festival, recycled materials, reusable materials, temporary structure, prefab, pavilion, London, green architecture, circular economy, acoustic wall system, sips panels, recycled plastic bottles

The prefab house of the future is made from recycled, reusable, and sustainable materials

This prefab home by Arup Associates is made from recycled, reusable and sustainably sourced materials. The Circular...

Gapahuk by Snøhetta, Gapahuk by Rindalshytter, Rindalshytter cabins, Snøhetta and Rindalshytter, adaptable cabin design, locally sourced materials for cabin architecture, Norway prefabricated cabin

Snøhetta’s ready-made cabin can fit into any landscape

If you’ve ever dreamed of owning a Snøhetta-designed home, this may be the opportunity you’ve been looking...

Modpools, shipping containers, swimming pool, prefab, LED lights, prefab structures, temporary structures

Modpools turns shipping containers into amazing swimming pools

We've seen shipping containers transformed into homes, shops, and even urban farms - but Modpools gives these repurposed...

Apex House by HTA Design LLP, Apex House by Tide Construction and Vision Modular Systems, tallest modular tower in Europe, modular student housing, modular high rise, modular architecture, prefabricated student housing, Wembley architecture

Europe’s tallest modular tower snaps together in north London

The last module has slotted into place on Europe’s tallest modular tower. Designed by multidisciplinary practice...

Magic Green Homes, underground architecture, underground homes, green roof, prefab housing, prefab, vaulted panels, green architecture, modular housing

A green-roofed Hobbit home anyone can build in just 3 days

The Green Magic Homes are composed of prefabricated vaulted panels manufactured with composite laminate materials,...

Kasita by Jeff Wilson, Kasita tiny house, Kasita cost, Kasita homes, Kasita housing, tiny housing in cities, smart tiny house, prefabricated tiny homes in cities, Kasita micro home, Kasita at SXSW

How high-tech Kasita microhomes could revolutionize homeownership

America’s affordable housing crisis is squeezing people out of cities, but one Harvard researcher believes he’s...

Dubldom by BIO Architects, DublDom 2.110 cabin, Dubldom prefab architecture, Dubldom prefab cabin, Dubldom Russian company, BIO Architects prefabricated architecture, prefab architecture in Russia,

Beautiful cabin pops up in ten days with minimal landscape disturbance

BIO Architects recently completed a modern modular cabin, proving yet again that beautiful homes can be affordable...

Font Rubi Cottage by Marc Mogas, Pyrenees architecture, Pyrenees prefab, prefabricated summer house, prefab pine home, minimal site impact prefab architecture, low-cost prefab home, Marc Mogas prefab architecture

Prefab Pyrenees cabin minimizes site impact and building costs

When it comes to building speedy and cost-effective housing, it’s hard to beat prefabrication. That’s the route...

cross laminated timber house, Skilpod #150, Skilpod and UAU Collective, prefabricated home, zero-energy architecture, zero-energy prefab home, Rockwool insulation in zero-energy architecture, passive solar prefab home, cross laminated timber architecture, modular energy neutral housing, zero energy housing in Belgium,

Self-sufficient Skilpod home generates all its own energy, pops up in less than a day

Belgian construction company Skilpod has produced a prefabricated home that can generate all its own energy and...

Kiss Kiss House by Lazor Office, prefabricated architecture by Lazor Office, Rainy Lake home, home elevated above bedrock, Kiss Kiss House in Ontario, prefabricated Ontario home, prefabricated lakeside architecture

See how the “Kiss-Kiss House” snaps in half like a branch to embrace the landscape

Homes built to embrace the landscape, rather than working against it, always seem to have a good story to tell....

Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability, Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability in Portugal, Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability by Cláudio Vilarinho, titanium nanotube inspired architecture, prefab concrete facade, prefabricated facade for building,

Future solar technology inspired this bio-sustainability research center’s prefab facade

The porous, pale green facade that wraps the Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability at Portugal’s...

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