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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...

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Cube Haus seeks to solve the housing crisis with affordable prefab homes

Many large cities are struggling with severe housing issues, and one new startup is proposing an architectural...

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The future of tiny homes – in France

The tiny house movement is on the rise today, but architects have been crafting tiny mobile homes long before the...

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North America’s first fully prefabricated passive houses could revolutionize the housing market

The Ecocor-RPA partnership launched today with the unveiling of eleven prefabricated passive house model home designs...

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Blu Homes launches 16 new prefab home designs, including new tiny homes

As a dynamic force in the prefabricated green building industry, Blu Homes has consistently been pushing the boundaries...

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12 brilliant prefab homes that can be assembled in three days or less

Magic Green Homes’ green-roofed hobbit homes built in three days Your dreams of living in Hobbiton could be...

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Stormtroopers raid Reaction Inc. headquarters for prefab shelter technology

We last wrote about the Exo in 2014 when the company was raising funds to send the shelters to refugees in Syria,...

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7 Teensy Tiny Tumbleweed Homes for Small-Space Living

Check out 7 Tiny Tumbleweed Homes: Anderjack Beaven Gifford Stamper Weller Zinn Walden Anderjack The...

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Inhabitat Tours Blu Homes’ First Prefab Breezehouse on America’s East Coast (PHOTOS)

Blu Homes just opened their first prefab Breezehouse on the east coast of the United States, and Inhabitat editor...

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PHOTOS: Blu Homes Opens East Coast’s First Prefab Breezehouse in Copake, NY

We've long been fans of architect Michelle Kaufmann's iconic Breezehouse prefab home ever since we first wrote...

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GREEN GUIDE TO PREFAB: Preparing Your Home for Green Certification

Our Green Guide to Prefab series has explored a number of considerations that need to be made when planning...

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GREEN GUIDE TO PREFAB: How to Make the Most of Your Time When Building a New Home

Inhabitat's Green Guide to Prefab series has explored all the elements involved in planning and realizing a modern...

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GREEN GUIDE TO PREFAB: Building Your Green Prefab Home on Budget

In the last two articles of our Green Guide to Prefab series, we showed you the best way to build a prefab home...

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GREEN GUIDE TO PREFAB: The History of the Mobile Home and Its Influence on the Modern Prefab

Last month we kicked off our Green Guide to Prefab series with an article exploring the history of prefabricated...

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Connect:Homes 2.0 Is a Contemporary Customizable and Sustainable Prefabricated Home!

The 640 square foot home packs in a bevy of green building features. Starting on the exterior, a rainwater capturing...

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GREEN GUIDE TO PREFAB: Finding a Prefab Home That Works With Your Lifestyle

In the last three articles of our Green Guide to Prefab series we discussed the history of prefab design, the evolution...

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Lindal Launches New ‘Architects Collaborative’ Prefab Home Line Featuring Designs from Our Favorite Architects

Marmol Radziner for Architects Collaborative The collaboration is reminiscent of the Case Study Program that...

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GREEN GUIDE TO PREFAB: Siting Your Home to Maximize Eco Efficiency

In the last two installments of our Green Guide to Prefab series on Inhabitat we highlighted the history of prefab...

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Super Low-Cost Mima Prefab Homes are Modeled After Minimalist Japanese Architecture

In addition to its glazed shell, the prefab Mima package comes complete with a handful of extra plywood panels...

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GREEN GUIDE TO PREFAB: The History of The Kit Home

Prefabricated housing has seen a surge in popularity over the last few years as an affordable, eco-friendly and...

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Blu Homes Releases New Unfolding Balance Home

Blu Homes is making waves in the modular housing world and just today released yet another spectacular energy efficient...

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PREFAB FRIDAY: Method Home’s Completed Cabin!

As summer hits its stride and the allure of the outdoors arrives we're happy to report that Method Home's modern...

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PREFAB FRIDAY: Method Homes’ Modular Cabin

This month we're welcoming a brand new builder to the prefab scene as Method Homes launches its first house! The...

New Green Prefab from LivingHomes & KieranTimberlake!

LivingHome's KT1.1 Expandable Single Family Residence The environmentally conscious, award winning architects...

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PREFAB FRIDAY: The Rapson Greenbelt

Modernist architect Ralph Rapson has managed this to reinterpret a 60-year old design with the green panache of...

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PREFAB FRIDAY: Solar Green Homes Delivered by Truck!

The benefits of green homes are catching on! Entire apartment communities are getting solar-powered, and now PowerHouse...

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PREFAB FRIDAY: MDesigns MCube

After receiving tons of great submissions for our Green Home Showcase call for entries, we're happy to bring you...

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