Prefabricated houses
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The latest prefabricated building projects, including a Yo! Home scheme to compact houses into small apartments and a house made out of shipping containers.
The Climber's Refuge is a sustainable update of the traditional Alpine chalet
The Climber's Refuge reintreprets traditional Alpine chalet
Summary builds modular housing in Portugal from prefabricated concrete
Summary created VDC after presenting a prototype at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016.
Ten eco-friendly dwellings where residents live off the grid
The prefabricated Catuçaba house in Brazil is elevated on stilts and fronted by floor-to-ceiling glazing that offers views out to its remote setting in a rugged, agricultural landscape.
No Footprint House is a prototype prefabricated home in Costa Rica
The house was also transported to site on a single truck, saving construction workers from travelling from Central Valley to the building site regularly.
No Footprint House is a prototype prefabricated home in Costa Rica
Slanted wooden louvres offer natural light and cross-ventilation in this prefabricated house in Costa Rica, which architecture studio A-01 created as a prototype for a series of future zero-carbon homes.
No Footprint House is a prototype prefabricated home in Costa Rica
No Footprint House is a prototype prefabricated home in Costa Rica.
Motiv Architects experiments with CLT for Vancouver garage
The studio built the garage with a prefabricated design using cross-laminated timber (CLT) because it wanted to learn how to use the engineered-wood building material.
Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter designs red concrete house in Lillehammer
The studio also designed the house so that no inner walls are load-bearing. This was to save money in the future as it means the house can be adapted to the client's changing needs but also meant the owners could help build the house themselves.
Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter designs red concrete house in Lillehammer
To keep the project affordable, Sanden + Hodnekvam chose to use prefabricated, insulated concrete elements with a 50-millimetre outer layer of pigmented concrete for all the facades.
Sandy Rendel Architects slots narrow house into Peckham alley
To avoid placing any weight on the neighbouring buildings the house was constructed using a prefabricated, lightweight steel frame, which was expressed internally to maximise the space.
Muji launches prefab Yō no Ie home to encourage indoor-outdoor living
Yō no le is a compact single-storey home without columns or fixed divisions. It was designed by Muji for flexibility and will allow owners to reconfigure its layout to meet changing needs.
Muji launches prefab Yō no Ie home to encourage indoor-outdoor living
Muji has launched a single-storey prefabricated home called Yō no le that has a large outdoor deck to encourage indoor-outdoor living.
Hemp is used on the inside and out of Cambridgeshire's Flat House
Practice Architecture saw the project as a chance to trial using hemp and pre-fabricated building techniques on a large scale.
Hemp is used on the inside and out of Cambridgeshire's Flat House
Practice Architecture worked alongside hemp farmers to erect this zero carbon home in Cambridgeshire, England, from pre-fabricated panels in just two days.