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Sustainable Connecticut Retreat
Dwell

From the archives at Dwell — architect Lynn Gaffney and her husband Bill Backus built a weekend retreat in rural Sharon, Connecticut. Manhattan renters, the couple wanted an escape that was an...

Foam Dome Homes!
Pink Tentacle

Though Laure first posted the Japanese Dome Home around this time last year, some much better images have recently surfaced thanks to Pink Tentacle. Made from polystyrene foam, the modular pieces of ...

Igloo Satellite Cabin from IceWall One

This is an extreme escape — the Igloo Satellite Cabin from Australian company Icewall One, was designed specifically to provide shelter in cold climates. It is lightweight, modular, heavily in...

Good Questions: Steel Warehouse Kit for a Home?

Hello, Does anyone know anything about using an industrial steel warehouse as a residential building? As we are considering to build a small vacation home, I have been considering this possibility, ...

MetroShip Prefab Modern Houseboats

David Ballinger, the creator and designer of the MetroShed has spun off his latest project with a similar modern aesthetic and focus BUT this one floats — it's the MetroShip Houseboat......

"Prefab" Homes by Daniel Libeskind

Starchitect Daniel Libeskind is trying his hand at a design for prefabricated homes — and the results are more daring than most. Named The Villa, the 5,500-foot-homes are sized and priced for ...

Hangar Prefab: Fab Prefab in Europe

Last month I had the pleasure of visiting architects Juan and Sara Matiz at home in Chelsea, where they live in a remarkable small loft with their two children (which we photographed for our next bo...

Modern in the Bronx: Waterfront Prefab
The New York Times 11.20.08

The New York Times gives us a tour of the Marengo family's new prebab home in New York City. In the Bronx on the foundation of their old home, Regina and Bill Marengo have doubled there living space...

Cheap & Green Modular Home
The New York Times 10.16.08

In today's Home section of The New York Times, we get a brief but exciting look at a green modular home that was also cheap... ...

Tiny Living: High-Style Sheds
The New York Times 9.11.08

As part of this week's focus on Tiny Living, The New York Times looks at high-style sheds as additions to your living space. The focus of the story is on the immediate gratification of prefab sheds ...

Tiny Living: A Small House Movement Roundup
The New York Times 9.11.08

A steadily increasing number of people are choosing to live smaller — The New York Times rounds up some recent converts to the small house movement and talks to small-house developers who have...

Kithaus Installed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Earlier this year, Tom Sandonato and Martin Wehmann's Kithaus — a 187-square-foot prefab shelter — became available from Design Within Reach. Last week, design*sponge featured a peek at ...

Home Delivery: Prepping the Prefab Housing Exhibition at MoMA
The New York Times 7.13.08

In January, the Museum of Modern Art announced their intentions to fill the vacant lot surrounding the museum with an exhibition of prefab housing in addition to displays in the interior galleries. ...

Two Kithaus Bedroom Ensembles at Design Within Reach

Though we won't be purchasing an entire room of Design Within Reach furniture anytime soon, it is fun to see what is possible in a Kithaus. Following their office and pool house collections, DWR has...

Modern, Prefab Sheds
NYT 4.6.08

We've had our eye on the trend for pre-fabricated modern sheds for a while — with the recent addition of Kithaus to the lineup at Design Within Reach and the upcoming MoMA exhibit on prefab housi...

Rocio Romero LV Prefab, NATIQ & Human Nature
From Re-nest: Our site that covers abundant design for green homes

Can a 3,000 square-foot prefab home be green? Click here for a uniquely recyclable carpet and a discussion of human nature ......

Tiny Bathroom Inspiration: Perrinepod Prefab

Hope for small apartments everywhere: The tiny one-bedroom prefab house by Perrinepod has an inspiring partition between the bedroom and bath. It's made of frosted glass and divides while retaining ...

NEWS: Upcoming Prefab Housing Exhibit at MoMA

Get ready for the prefab home exhibition coming up at the MoMA. Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling is an exhibit that will be built in the open lot west of the MoMA. Curated by Barry Be...

ASAP House: Affordable Modern Green Home
NYT 1.27.08

Architect Laszlo Kiss (what a great name!) is preparing to move his family into a modular, energy-efficient home in Sag Harbor that features a geothermal heating system and solar panels. As reported...

NYT: MoMA Commissions PreFab Housing

The Museum of Modern Art has announced plans for an exhibition on the architecture of Pre-Fabrication. Today's recent New York Times discusses the plans for the exhibit in Is Prefab Fab? MoMA Plans ...