Vipp prefabricated cabins designed as "battery-charging stations for humans"
Danish retailer Vipp has created a factory-made, metal-and-glass micro dwelling that comes filled with the company's line of homeware products. More
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Snøhetta's prefab Gapahuk cabin references a traditional Norwegian mountain shelter
Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled a prefabricated cabin with a twisted roof that offers protection in harsh weather conditions. More
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Cover uses computer algorithms to design prefabricated dwellings
A technology-driven home-building company in California says it is "doing for homes what Tesla is doing for the car". More
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OFIS Arhitekti designs modular house suited for different terrains and climates
A team of architects and engineers led by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti has designed and built a prototype modular house suited to a variety of locations, climates and terrains. More
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Larch-covered prefab house designed by Karawitz to bring city feel to Paris suburbs
Lofty interiors and a folded black steel staircase feature behind the larch-clad walls of this gabled house, designed by Karawitz and situated outside Paris. More
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Bright yellow window frames puncture pastel grey walls of Stockholm prefab
Colourful walls and irregularly placed windows with vibrant yellow frames add individuality to this prefabricated house in Stockholm, which was designed by Swedish studio HelgessonGonzaga Arkitekter. More
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Luxury penthouse to be installed in Herzog & de Meuron's Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
A penthouse apartment is being built inside Herzog & de Meuron's recently completed philharmonic hall in Hamburg, at a cost of £6.9 million for an anonymous client. More
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Marc Mogas slots prefab summer home into wooded slope in the Pyrenees
Spanish architect Marc Mogas created this prefabricated cottage in Spain's Pyrenees mountains as a cost-effective summer retreat. More
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Prefabricated weathering-steel boxes form California retreat by Alchemy Architects
Minnesota-based firm Alchemy Architects has completed a home in California's Sonoma Valley, which comprises two separate modules that were almost entirely prefabricated before being brought to site. More
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Prefabricated garden studio in south London is clad in cedar and lined in birch
This prefabricated garden hideaway in suburban London acts as a guest house as well as a home office, and is clad in planks of cedar wood. More
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Wooden trusses pattern walls of prefabricated sports hall by Florian Fischer and Harald Fuchshuber
This prefabricated timber sports hall has a shed-like appearance that references the form and materiality of vernacular agricultural buildings in the Upper Bavaria region of Germany. More
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ArchiBlox creates garden roof for house overlooking a beach in Australia
ArchiBlox has given this prefabricated beachfront house near Sydney a verdant plant-covered roof to help it blend into its clifftop setting. More
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Prefabricated house in Amsterdam features wooden walls, zigzagging stairs and split levels
Inside this wooden, prefabricated house in Amsterdam by Marc Koehler Architects, an angular black staircase crisscrosses between split levels. More
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World's tallest modular high-rise by SHoP Architects opens in Brooklyn
Tenants have begun moving into 461 Dean, a New York residential building by SHoP Architects described as the world's tallest modular tower and billed a solution to meet the high demand for urban housing. More
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IKEA Foundation CEO says adapting refugee shelter is "like playing with Lego"
Better Shelter is the latest IKEA product to be hacked, according to the head of the company's charitable foundation, who told Dezeen the modular refugee cabin is now being used to create doctors' surgeries and schools. More
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Architecture students create prefab Cantilever House in Arkansas
Students at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design have designed and built a prefabricated house in Little Rock, Arkansas, from two modules stacked perpendicular to one another (+ slideshow). More
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Prefab house in Princeton by Marina Rubina was built in one day
This prefabricated family home in Princeton, New Jersey, by local architect Marina Rubina was conceived as an "experiment" in providing a high-quality residence that is sustainable and affordable (+ slideshow). More
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Tiny camping pods by Andrea Zittel serve as a creative refuge in the California desert
Artists and writers wanting to play out a "desert fantasy" can rent a tiny sleeping pod at a remote campsite in southern California, which looks like a scene from a sci-fi film (+ slideshow). More
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Muji to test prefab house by letting a competition winner live in it for free
Japanese design brand Muji has revealed the prototype for its latest prefab house, which it will test by having a competition winner move in rent-free for two years (+ movie). More
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Pad Studio creates prefabricated dwelling to comply with New Forest housing regulation
This chestnut-clad home by Pad Studio was prefabricated offsite before being craned into a clearing in the New Forest, a stretch of protected woodland in the English county of Hampshire (+ slideshow). More