HCMA embeds "Indigenous design principles" in British Columbia student housing
Canadian architecture studio HCMA has completed the Wii Gyemsiga Siwilaawksat student housing and cultural center in Terrace, British Columbia. More
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Studio of Environmental Architecture drapes sails over mountainside home in Bequia
Studio of Environmental Architecture has used massive sails to create a "land yacht" on the island of Bequia in the Caribbean that was built using reclaimed wood and has a complex rain collection system. More
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Juan Pablo Ureta orients wooden Chilean beach house around a courtyard
Juan Pablo Ureta has completed an beach house on Chile's northern coast, organising most of the living areas around an internal courtyard. More
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Wavy roof tops Ecuador home by Leppanen Anker Arquitectura
Ecuadorian studio Leppanen Anker Arquitectura took cues from traditional haciendas to create a sculptural house in the Andes Mountains that is made of stone, wood and clay. More
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Cosmic ADU is a "self-powered home" that uses no fossil fuels
US startup Cosmic has created a solar-powered accessory dwelling unit that is built using a special construction process and generates far more electricity than it needs. More
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Precht creates four cartoonish "treehouses" for Austrian restaurant
Shingles and large round windows animate the four tubular Bert dwellings that architecture studio Precht has crafted from bent cross-laminated timber in Austrian woodland. More
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Tung Jai Ork Baab stacks shipping containers to create holiday home in Thailand
A cluster of shipping containers sheltered by a steep metal roof defines a series of indoor and outdoor spaces at this home in Thailand, designed by architecture studio Tung Jai Ork Baab. More
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Moliving will open first “nomadic hotel” in New York’s Hudson Valley
Prefabricated and movable hospitality pods from US startup Moliving will make up the Hurley House hotel, which is set to open this spring in upstate New York. More
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Koto designs twisted holiday home overlooking the Cotswolds
A twisted, stacked form clad in black timber creates both terraces and cantilevering canopies at this holiday home in the Cotswolds, designed by prefab specialists Koto. More
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ZITA raises House in the Andean Moorland above a fragile ecosystem
Architecture firm ZITA has used blackened wood and prefabricated structural elements to create a cabin in the Colombian highlands that was built entirely by hand. More
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Amezcua unveils homes built using its prefabricated Kineki system
Prefabricated modules and renewable materials feature in a flexible design system by Mexican firm Amezcua that has been used to build three houses at a weekend retreat. More
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Bourgeois Lechasseur completes pair of prefabricated glamping cabins in Quebec
Quebec architecture firm Bourgeois Lechasseur has included full-height mirrored walls in these secluded cabins to reflect the surrounding forest. More
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Garrison Architects completes modernist Catskills retreat with 24 elevated cabins
Prefabricated wooden cabins perched on stilts surround a central lodge at this 50-acre cabin resort in the Catskill Mountains designed by Brooklyn firm Garrison Architects. More
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Shipping containers used to build LA housing complex for the homeless
American firms NAC Architecture and Bernards have used shipping containers to form private apartments in a Los Angeles facility for people experiencing homelessness. More
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WorkPod by Autonomous
Dezeen Showroom: designed for people who want to be able to focus while working from home, the WorkPod by Autonomous is a prefabricated office pod that can be assembled in one day. More
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MAPA tops multi-storey car park in Uruguay with roof terrace
The Florida Building by MAPA is a prefabricated multi-storey car park in Montevideo, Uruguay, topped by a courtyard garden and rooftop terrace. More
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Woonpioneers hides prefabricated Indigo cabin within Dutch forest
Amsterdam studio Woonpioniers has hidden a prefabricated wooden cabin with large windows and tall, curving interiors within a forest glade in the Netherlands. More
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THAD curves prefabricated shelter over historic Peking Man cave in China
An undulating shelter has been constructed over the Peking Man cave, a historic site in China that is home to ancient human fossils, in an effort to protect it from weathering. More
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SO-IL designs prefabricated backyard home for Los Angeles
New York architecture studio SO-IL has created Pebble House, a flower-shaped prefabricated house, for the Los Angeles Accessory Dwelling Units scheme. More
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Jupe travel pods are space-themed shelters for off-grid living
American prefabricated shelter company Jupe has launched its travel pod, a flat-pack temporary cabin with birch wood floors and an illuminated frame designed by Liz Lambert and Cameron Sinclair. More
