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Architects use prefabricated glulam pillars and vibrant colors to create playful beach home in Rio de Janiero

São Paulo-based architects, Nitsche Arquitetos have unveiled a beautifully colorful beach home made out of a...

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Prefab 'Bank in a Can' delivers banking services to remote areas of Africa

People who live in rural areas of Africa in particular don't always have access to reliable ATMs or other banking...

The Intellectual Tiny Home, container home, Colorado, tiny home, green architecture, prefab architecture, green design, compact homes, tiny spaces, storage space

320-square-foot tiny container home packs a surprising suite of amenities

A tiny home owner and California-based designer combined their expertise and experience to design and build a stylish...

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WOHA’s solar-powered SkyVille in Singapore boasts a deep-green public skypark

Singapore just took a green leap forward with the SkyVille housing complex, uniting communities together with an...

Sebastian Irarrazaval, Constitución Public Library, library architecture, library design, architecture chile, wooden designs, wooden architecture, Constitución, Chile, prefabricated wood buildings, urban design, public libraries,

Spectacular library in Chile built with locally-sourced wood from earthquake-stricken town

Chilean architect Sebastian Irarrazaval designed this spectacular new public library in the city of Constitución,...

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...

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Portuguese secondary school renovation brings color and light to the learning experience

Located at the edge of the historical center of Pontinha, Lisbon, the school spans 185,000 square feet. It is...

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Deltec launches line of super efficient, net-zero energy homes - starting under 100K

Deltec Homes was founded in 1968 in Asheville, North Carolina as a builder of hurricane-resistant homes - primarily...

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Tiny "floating" cube extends a charming 19th century house in France

The architects designed a small metallic white volume raised off the ground and inserted between two existing trees....

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Prefabricated Arched Cabins can provide a warm home for under $10,000

A standard kit comes complete with floor plates, ribs, a ridge beam, R13 insulation (though this can be upgraded...

Josep Camps & Olga Felip, Arquitecturia, Girona, Spain, natural lighting, prefabricated design, artist studio, garden studio, painter's studio, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, L-shaped studio

Arquitecturia built this darling Girona artist studio in a mere 3 weeks

Comprised chiefly of wood and glass, the garden studio preserves a giant Ash tree, which in the elevation plan...

Crabots, Google, Google HQ, Mountain View, Google Campus, ATK II, BIG, Thomas Heatherwick, prefabricated design, sustainable design, flexible workspace, robot, crane, hybrid robot and crane

Google's new Mountain View headquarters will be built by robots

The 'crabots' will mostly work under large canopies to "lift and shift prefabricated components, furniture and...

Jonas Wagell, Mini House, Prefab, prefabricated design, modular design, tiny home, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, solar power, clean tech, solar kit, flat packed

The Mini House by Jonas Wagell is a Modern Prefab That Pops Up in Two Days!

The Mini Home's exterior materials are comprised of an Iverit façade and a bitumen roof while the floor is laid...

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VIDEO: Watch the Incredible 4-DAY Construction of a Prefab HUF HAUS

The pioneers behind the prefabricated HUF HAUS have constructed thousands of energy efficient houses across the...

ECHO, modular shelter, Eco Pods, off grid home, customizable home, wooden shelter, energy-efficient

Innovative Modular Eco Pods Operate Off-Grid in Any Locale

ECHO's flexible homes are made from 100-sq-ft prefab modules and feature a distinctive pyramid roof that lets natural...

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