Prefab Homes 5 Stylish Prefab Homes in Austin, Texasdwell - Lucy WangFrom a tiny smart dwelling to an off-grid boathouse, here are five Austin homes that showcase the power of prefab. As a stronghold of startups and innovation, Austin, Texas, is no stranger to smart design—especially
Prefab Homes A New Start-Up Wants to Build a Tiny House in Your Backyard For Freedwell - Duncan NielsenRent the Backyard is building prefab homes in empty yards to provide affordable housing—and they'll split the profits with homeowners. Bay Area start-up Rent the Backyard is making new room in dense cities
Prefab Homes 6 Big Names Who Are Unexpectedly Getting Into the Prefab Gamedwell - Lucy WangFrom Amazon to Kanye West, these six world-renowned individuals and brands are making big moves in prefabricated architecture. What do Yves Béhar, Kanye West, and IKEA have in a common? In addition to
Prefab Homes 6 Eco-Minded Prefab Companies in Seattledwell - Lucy WangAs an environmental leader, Seattle is a hotspot for sustainable prefab home companies. Last month, Seattle proposed new legislation to make it easier than ever for homeowners to build accessory dwelling
Prefab Homes This Hurricane-Resistant Prefab Is Made From More Than 600,000 Recycled Plastic Bottlesdwell - Lucy WangIn Nova Scotia, a prefab beach house makes history as the first-ever home built with PET core foam technology. On a casual evening over beers, David Saulnier and Joel German were kicking around ideas industry
Prefab Homes This Exquisite Berkshires Prefab Was Assembled in Just 24 Hoursdwell - Lauren JonesFor Mount Washington Residence, McBride Architects use prefabrication to save on costs while going big on functionality and style. The four-bed, four-bath home of Peter and Sarah Diamond and their two
Home Tours A Shipping Container Home in Pennsylvania Embraces Its Rugged Industrial Originsdwell - Aileen KwunA couple builds a new home, repurposing a series of 11 shipping containers and an existing concrete foundation to maximal effect. Just west of the New Jersey–Pennsylvania border, in the Bucks County borough
Prefab Homes 11 Shipping Container Home Floor Plans That Maximize Spacedwell - Kate ReggevTake a peek at the space-efficient floor plans behind these modern shipping container homes. If you've never set foot within a shipping container home, you might imagine them to be simple rectangles with
Prefab Homes The Flying Nest Is a Nomadic Hotel That Travels Around the Worlddwell - Jennifer Baum LagdameoFrench designer Ora-ïto repurposes old shipping containers to create a mobile hotel. Paris–based designer Ora-ïto is taking hotel design to the next level with the Flying Nest. Designed for AccorHotels,
Prefab Homes Stacked Shipping Containers Create a New Model For Urban Living in South Africadwell - Anna SquierThis modular building composed of 140 shipping containers is designed to revitalize and revamp the downtown core of Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on a triangular site in Maboneng, an area of recent
Grab This Dreamy Shipping Container Home For $875Kdwell - Lucy WangDesigned by one of America’s leading cargotecture proponents, this modern shipping container home in New Jersey is seeking a new buyer. Suburban New Jersey may seem an unlikely place for shipping containers,
A Shipping Container Turns Into a Backyard Architecture Studiodwell - Lucy WangBuilt for $200,000 and lowered into place by crane, a compact cargotecture office perfectly slots into an architect’s backyard. After working from home for over a decade, Canadian architect Randy Bens
Prefab Homes 14 Shipping Containers Were Upcycled For This Dallas Homedwell - Esha ChhabraMatt and Barbara Mooney worked with Michael Gooden of M Gooden Design, a boutique design firm in Dallas, to build a home out of 14 shipping containers. Matt Mooney, an architect himself, and his wife,
Prefab Homes Experience the Serenity of the Catskills With This Off-Grid Shipping Container Cabindwell - Lucy WangLocated two hours north of New York City, this shipping container cabin boasts sustainable design and cozy glamping comforts. Spending your vacation in a shipping container in the remote woods might seem
Prefab Homes This Eco-Friendly Shipping Container Is the Ultimate Nomadic Dwellingdwell - Anna SquierTransforming ubiquitous corrugated boxes into sleek pop-up homes, shops, and shelters, Cocoon Modules is redefining what a container can be. Thanks to the help of Athens–based Cocoon Modules and the Greek
Prefab Homes This Off-Grid Container Home in Australia Disappears in Naturedwell - Kelly DawsonNestled in a tiny town off the coast, this container home echoes the main ingredient the owners had hoped for in a weekend retreat—serenity. There are only 63 people who live in Wye River, Australia, three
Prefab Homes This Prefab Shipping Container Bar Can Pop Up Just About Anywheredwell - Anna SquierCanadian prefab builder Honomobo launches a portable shipping container bar that's basically a party in a box. Canadian prefabricated home builder Honomobo has debuted the Honomobar, a portable bar made
Prefab Homes A Shipping Container Prefab Lab Is Built in Only 4 Hoursdwell - Lucy WangA two-story prefab made of shipping containers offers a speedy solution to shortages of space on this college campus. When classroom space was becoming limited for at Bard College in New York's Hudson
Prefab Homes Elevate Your Next Amsterdam Experience With This Unique Crane Rentaldwell - Lucy WangAn eclectic Amsterdam apartment offers an elevated vacation experience in more ways than one. If you're looking for an extra special place to stay in Amsterdam, consider thinking inside the box with a
Prefab Homes A Costa Rican Family Stays Connected in Three Shipping Container Homesdwell - Michele Koh MorolloThese eco-friendly shipping container homes allow three adult children to be independent while staying close to family. To give their adult children the independence they need, a couple in Costa Rica to
Prefab Homes 10 Shipping Container Homes You Can Buy Right Nowdwell - Kate ReggevWith their standard sizes, inherent durability, bright exteriors, and global availability, shipping containers make the perfect shell for these ready-to-buy, prefabricated homes. Shipping containers are
Home Building Adventurous Apartment Building Made of 36 Shipping Containersdwell - Dora VanetteThree dozen shipping containers find a safe port in a modern apartment building in Mexico. In León, Mexico, Adrián López Menduett sought to create an architecturally adventurous apartment building. After
Prefab Homes Dwell's Top 10 Upcycled Shipping Containers of 2017dwell - DwellWe can barely contain our excitement over this year's awe-inspiring projects. Bad puns aside, 2017 showed us that when it comes to shipping containers, the possibilities for adaptive reuse are near endless.
Prefab Homes A Shipping Container Home in Australia Made With Eco-Friendly Materialsdwell - Chrissy GiglioWith the South Coast of Australia as its backdrop, this thoughtfully constructed home’s foundation consists of four shipping containers, a flat roof, and a variety of environmentally-friendly materials.
Prefab Homes 4 Modern Prefab Home Companies in Coloradodwell - Lucy WangThese Colorado-based firms turn to prefabrication for precisely built, eco-conscious projects—from cozy timber-framed cabins to multifamily housing communities. Colorado has a beautiful range of landscapes
Prefab Homes Austin Is Getting a Village of 3D-Printed Affordable Homes—and They Look Incredibledwell - Duncan NielsenA year ago, ICON proved it could 3D print a home you’d actually want to live in. Now, it’s building a cluster of 3D-printed homes for the homeless. At 500 square feet, ICON’s stylish new structure was
Prefab Homes How Graphic Designer Saul Bass Revolutionized the Movie Posterdwell - Amy DvorakSaul Bass helped define the visual culture of the 1950s—most notably through creating memorable movie posters that are still resonant today. It might be the most memorable film poster of all time. Striking
Prefab Homes Dwell 24: The Best Emerging Designers of 2019dwell - DwellWelcome to our annual presentation of the 24 designers who need to be on your radar now. Meet this year's Dwell 24: our 2019 roster of up-and-coming talent. From lighting and furniture makers, to sculptors,
