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 about Homes for Hope tackles homelessness with modular temporary housing
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has stacked 29 recycled shipping containers to make a Starbucks coffee shop alongside a shopping centre in Hualien, Taiwan. More about Kengo Kuma stacks shipping containers to create drive-through Starbucks in Taiwan
Chinese studio People's Architecture Office is using a pop-up pavilion to show how a prefabricated home designed for China's hutongs could be used by cities in the US to help tackle the housing crisis. More about Plugin House built in Boston to demonstrate potential for use in US backyards
Amazon has invested in Californian home design and prefabrication company Plant Prefab, with plans to integrate its suite of voice-controlled Alexa devices into affordable easy-to-build houses. More about Amazon to develop Alexa-enabled prefab homes
Grimshaw has designed a 35-metre-square micro home to raise money for Kids Under Cover, which supports homeless youth in Australia. More about Grimshaw designs tiny homes for Australian charity
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 about Koto's flexible prefab cabins are designed for a Nordic lifestyle
Brazilian firm Studio Arthur Casas has worked with a startup to create a highly flexible, prefabricated home that avoids the "negative surprises" typical in conventional projects. More about Studio Arthur Casas designs prefabricated home for SysHaus
French architecture studio Atelier Ordinaire has completed a prefabricated house in the Bourgogne region featuring an interior lined with knotted timber boards to complement the surrounding nature. More about Atelier Ordinaire's house in Beaune is made almost entirely from wood
Architecture studio MAPA has designed this simple prefabricated wooden chapel for a vineyard in Maldonado, Uruguay, puncturing a black box through one of its slanted walls to provide a shrine for the patron saint of winemakers. More about MAPA assembles "simple and austere" Sacromonte Chapel in Uruguay over one day
American studio EC3 has created a residential development in central Detroit, comprising a cluster of different-sized Quonset huts made of steel and polycarbonate panels. More about Prefab metal structures form True North housing complex in Detroit by EC3
Prefabricated stone and pale brick panels form the facade of this contemporary housing development in Chelsea, London, designed by Haptic. More about Haptic completes contemporary apartment block in Chelsea conservation area
American firm Kieran Timberlake has used prefabricated components to create a mountaintop retreat, composed of a main dwelling wrapped in weathering steel and glass, and two micro cabins for guests. More about High Horse Ranch by Kieran Timberlake overlooks forested valley in northern California
A system of pulleys are used to raise and lower sections of the walls of this prefabricated cabin on the border between Turkey and Greece, allowing the holiday home to open up to the outdoors or be completely closed during bad weather. More about Cabin on the Border is an off-grid shelter with walls that open on pulleys
Canadian firm Burgers Architecture constructed this mountainside residence from prefabricated volumes so it could be quickly assembled between British Columbia's snow seasons. More about Buckhorn Place's light-filled interiors complement Whistler snowscapes
Architecture firm BIG has created a small black cabin with an angular roofline in the Hudson Valley, as the first model for prefab-housing startup Klein. More about BIG designs prototype tiny cabin in Upstate New York
Mirrored glass and sliced logs form the facades of these prefabricated guest suites designed by MAPA, which are dotted across a vast vineyard in Maldonado, Uruguay. More about MAPA's prefabricated cabins allow guests to survey Uruguayan vineyard
London developer Cube Haus has commissioned Adjaye Associates, Faye Toogood, Skene Catling de la Peña, and Carl Turner Architects to design affordable modular houses for awkward urban sites. More about Adjaye and Toogood design affordable prefabricated houses for property startup
Engineers from WSP are working with architects at Innovation Imperative to create a carbon neutral modular hotel made from groups of concrete pods. More about Hotel of concrete pods proposed by WSP for remote locations
Researchers at ETH Zurich university have pioneered a method of robotic construction, which is being used to create a computer-designed modular house in the city. More about ETH Zurich robots use new digital construction technique to build timber structures
This £39,000 prefabricated cabin by artist Bobby Niven and architect Iain MacLeod is designed to be easily transported on the back of a lorry. More about Prefabricated cabin can be transported to remote locations by lorry