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Call it a mother-in-law suite, a granny flat, a guest house, a backyard office, an accessory dwelling unit, or just your own sweet compact home. Whichever name you choose for it, there’s no denying ...

I first met Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake at a conference about modern prefab in Austin, Texas, where there was great excitement about the idea of making green, modern prefab designed by ...

Wittman Estes, an architecture studio based in Seattle, has unveiled the Whidbey Puzzle Prefab, an innovative take on sustainable modular housing. This 600-sq-ft (55.75-sqm) tiny prototype, located on ...

The homemaking queen’s relevancy endures—most recently, in a collaboration with Hapi Homes that follows a similar principle ...

Dvele says it uses sustainable materials to build its residences, which come with air and water filtration systems you can monitor with an app. Base models of Dvele homes start at $250 per square foot ...

It looks as sophisticated and luxurious as a mansion, yet it's a simple, prefab, transportable home. It's even better than an exotic vacation resort when it comes to connecting with nature and ...

Last month, San Francisco's Dwell magazine announced an invitational competition to architects interested in building an affordable prefabricated structure that could be mass-produced. It is the ...

States with small manufactured housing footprints — including Hawaii and California — post some of the country’s highest ...

EMERYVILLE-- Prefab houses aren't just for trailer parks anymore. Two Bay Area startups are crafting factory-built homes and rooms for the high-end market, the kind of people who want an ...

Architects' answer to efficient design is the prefab home, which has been both a design sensation and a cookie-cutter bore over the years. A... Prefab: From Utilitarian Home To Design Icon Some of the ...

Architects' answer to efficient design is the prefab home, which has been both a design sensation and a cookie-cutter bore over the years. A... Prefab: From Utilitarian Home To Design Icon Some of the ...