Author Sheri Koones believes that prefab houses (or "prefabulous," as she calls them) are the homes of the future. She's written five books about them. In the new "Prefabulous Small Houses" from The ...

Last year we reported on 2by4 Architects' Recreational Island House, a particularly appealing vacation home constructed on a small island in Loosdrecht, the Netherlands. The Dutch firm received such ...

Prefab housing startup Koto has unveiled a series of tiny timber cabins with minimalist designs inspired by friluftsliv — translated as “free air life,” this Nordic concept is the act of embracing ...

Quick look: The book profiles 32 homes across the country, and explains some of the latest technologies. In a foreword, Robert Redford extols the ecological virtues of going prefab. Author Sheri ...

Snow loads, –30 °C nights, and humid summer heatwaves test any cabin. A prefab kit that thrives in those extremes starts with a super-tight shell: thick wall assemblies, continuous insulation, and ...

Italian designers created a prefab cabin called Mountain Refuge. The modular cabin is about 260 square feet, with the potential to combine several units together. The designers are looking for prefab ...

A young Traverse City contractor’s idea for a green prefab could revolutionize the concept of Northern Michigan cabins. A Northern Michigan builder and entrepreneur redefines the word modular with his ...

A home in Tampa, Fla., featured in the book “Prefabulous Small Houses” by Sheri Koones. The home is just 352 square feet, but with space well designed by David Bailey and Stephanie Harrison, it feels ...