Studio Bark's flat-pack U-build system lets anyone self-build
U-Build is a simple modular construction system designed by Studio Bark, which encourages individuals and communities to self-build. More
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Stacked straw bales form walls for conceptual school in Malawi by Nudes
Indian architecture office Nudes has developed a concept for a secondary school in Malawi, with a modular wooden structure and curved walls made from straw bales. More
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Prefab Yellow House by Alejandro Soffia contrasts Chilean landscape
Architect Alejandro Soffia pieced together a series of modules and covered them in bright yellow corrugated panels to form this prefabricated woodland residence in Pucón, Chile. More
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Studio Lotus unveils design for visitor centre at 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort
Studio Lotus has designed the Mehrangarh Fort visitor centre in Jodhpur, India, using a system of interconnected and adaptable decks. More
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SO? builds modular House of Chickens on a farm in Turkey
House of Chickens, designed by architecture studio SO?, is a modular coop for 800 chickens on an artist's farm in Turkey. More
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Precht's The Farmhouse concept combines modular homes with vertical farms
Architecture studio Precht has developed a concept for modular housing where residents produce their own food in vertical farms. More
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Modular housing system allows you to add rooms to your home
The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a concept for a modular housing system that allows residents to easily add extra rooms around the outside of their homes. More
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Modular pavilion at Vietnamese tea farm made from 2,000 wooden crosses
Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects and Dang + Partners have slotted together 2,000 modular wooden elements to create a porous white pavilion for tea farmers in rural Vietnam. More
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Metropolitan Workshop covers tower of modular homes with glazed ceramic tiles
Metropolitan Workshop's tower of small modular homes in London is covered in a "chameleon-style" facade of glazed terracotta that changes colour in the different light conditions. More
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Carlo Ratti develops Livingboard prefab housing system for rural India
Architect Carlo Ratti has worked with Indian non-profit WeRise to develop a system of low-cost housing with a prefabricated core that homeowners can build any structure they like on top of. More
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Kwong von Glinow designs Hong Kong high-rises containing multi-storey homes
Apartments are made up of rooms stacked on top of one another in this extreme vertical housing proposal by Chicago studio Kwong von Glinow, which is the latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series. More
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Prefab house modules by James Whitaker link like a "daisy chain"
The architect behind a splayed shipping container house in California has revealed plans for a Canadian lakeside residence, comprising a string of prefabricated modular units. More
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Vivahouse modular home system turns empty commercial buildings into co-living spaces
Vivahouse, a prefabricated modular housing system designed by Design Haus Liberty to turn vacant commercial properties into co-living environments, has been unveiled at a disused shopping centre in London. More
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OMA's prefabricated concrete tower has "echoes of brutalist architecture"
Innovationen Tower, a 125-metre high tower formed of stacked precast concrete modules, has completed as part of an OMA-designed housing development in Stockholm. More
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BIG's prefabricated timber housing in Stockholm is designed to be "manmade hillside"
Bjarke Ingels' architecture studio BIG has completed a modular apartment block called 79 & Park in Stockholm that looks like a verdant wooden hillside. More
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Homes for Hope tackles homelessness with modular temporary housing
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video investigates a prefabricated homeless housing concept for Los Angeles that aims to bridge the gap between life on the streets and permanent accommodation. More
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Kengo Kuma stacks shipping containers to create drive-through Starbucks in Taiwan
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has stacked 29 recycled shipping containers to make a Starbucks coffee shop alongside a shopping centre in Hualien, Taiwan. More
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Koto's flexible prefab cabins are designed for a Nordic lifestyle
Prefabricated housing startup Koto has launched a series of modular one- to four-bedroom cabins that can be customised with add-ons such as saunas and outdoor showers. More
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Standard Architecture proposes modular megastructure "for any context"
Standard Architecture co-founders Silvia Kuhle and Jeffrey Allsbrook explain their proposal for a modular megastructure comprising pathways and vaulted pods in our latest P.O.D.System Architecture movie. More
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Penda unveils designs for Tel Aviv tower wrapped in modular arcades
Penda has designed a residential tower in Tel Aviv, with facades made of modular archways and terraces, which aims to complement the city's legacy of Bauhaus architecture. More
