Been dreaming of a second home? Something small and modest but also different — a place you can escape to when you're sick of staring at the same walls, cooking in the same kitchen, sitting on the ...

Dry Box prefab shipping container cabins are now available for nationwide shipping, making durable, secure, and ...

Snow loads, –30 °C nights, and humid summer heatwaves test any cabin. A prefab kit that thrives in those extremes starts with a super-tight shell: thick wall assemblies, continuous insulation, and ...

When you say “prefabricated home,” you think utilitarian, perhaps even inelegant, reduced to the bare functionality, cheap, or lacking personality. If any or all of these just popped into your mind, ...

The waterfront prefabs are self-sustaining, says the designer, down to dry toilets that turn human waste into soil conditioner. Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people ...

It’s another prefabulous day, this time with the help of the FabCab, short for “Fabulous Cabin”. This cute timberframe home made its debut at the 2010 Seattle Home Show and is more of a prefabricated ...

Like most things in life, downsizing means something different for everyone. Those who understand downsizing as a necessary reconnection with nature will probably find the Birdbox one of the most ...

Renowned for its pioneering, foldable design, prefab manufacturer Brette Haus launched its BASIC modular house in 2019. Connected by hinges, the design's three modules fold into each other, allowing ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Brazilian architecture firm Porto Quadrado has revealed a serene refuge composed of three prefab cabins tucked into the wilderness of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul. The Alpes São Chico Housing Complex is ...