Someday, the practice of lugging materials to a building site and constructing the structure right there from scratch could go extinct. Why? Prefabrication and modularity are transforming the industry ...

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Prefab housing startup Koto has unveiled a series of tiny timber cabins with minimalist designs inspired by friluftsliv — translated as “free air life,” this Nordic concept is the act of embracing ...

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 ...

As housing prices continue to rise, tiny homes may not seem like such a bad idea. Here are some cozy cabin-like prefabs you can order directly from Amazon.

Italian designers created a prefab cabin called Mountain Refuge. The modular cabin is about 260 square feet, with the potential to combine several units together. The designers are looking for prefab ...

Near Helsinki, expat designer Jussi-Pekka Kajaala and Olympic medalist Adam Rippon build a tiny summerhouse dedicated to Finland’s favorite pastime. A view of the sauna building before the patio and ...

When designer Jorie Burns set her sights on owning a second home near Lake Michigan, she decided to take a chance with the more affordable options found in prefabricated architecture. After perusing ...

U.K. firm Koto just built two of its new tiny prefabs—an office and a guest suite—for a client in Boston. Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we ...

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When Meg Crosby purchased 13 acres in Phoenicia last winter, before the start of the pandemic, the Manhattan-based tech recruiter already had a vision for the weekend home she wanted on the land — and ...