Iceland might bring to you the images of frozen tundra landscapes, volcanoes, hot springs and wild parties in Reykjavik. While Reykjavik is the smallest capital city in Europe, it is also one of the most urbanized in character and culture. Thus, people usually seek a home far away within the remoteness of the tundra.

Mathiesen has [...]

 Welcoming a newborn can be a happy yet stressful even for first time parents. The sudden responsibility of caring for a child so completely dependent upon you can have most parents pulling their hair out with anxiety. A lot of preparations are made for a baby’s arrival and architect Manuel Villa has an interesting piece [...]

RVTR is an architectural firm which won the Prix de Rome, Canada’s most coveted architectural prize. They conducted research into prefab homes which are just right for cold climates. The idea is to use this prototype to help factories, homes, sheds and other edifices across Northern Europe, Asia and Japan in order to help the [...]

The conventional houseboats have become history. What you are seeing here is a smooth and sustainable prefab MetroShip, which redefines the dwelling on water. Ace prefab constructor David Ballinger known for his work on presenting eco-friendly alternatives to traditional projects has emerged with MetroShip while he was making plans for altering his home in London.

The [...]

Australian designer Leon Fitzpatrick has a reason to rejoice. After all his inspiration strained from various objects has done wonders. In an attempt to create a modular prefab home, he has created a mobile structure built of foam concrete and polyurethane and called it Echelon.

Echelon comprises large concrete sections pre-cast using wood molds that glide [...]

Competitions are usually a great way to foster the budding talents of creative designers and the entries of any competition would show you the unbelievable talents of a number of individuals. The Andes Sprouts Society held a designing challenge with the theme ‘Small is Beautiful’ and this is one of its entries.
The Rolling Stones travelling [...]

Natural calamities and wars create situations where a large number of people have to live in close distance with each other. In such cases, it becomes imperative for the survival of these people to depend upon each other.
During such situations, families are often housed in makeshift tents and other prefabricated shelters. The LifeLINK Modular Shelter [...]

Not a day passes by when I don’t wish I could fold away my bathroom and hide it so that my room is made up only of comfortable fluffy pillows and rows and rows of shelves filled with books. But they don’t make it that way, or so I thought.
Cirrus MVR is a modular bathroom, [...]

Getting furniture that really fits your state of mind can be more difficult than trying to find furniture that fits the decor of your house. Our minds are complex, layered structures that seem to be collapsible elements interlinked with each other to create something new every few moments.
The Za Stool appears to have been designed [...]

Planning to build a house that’s stunning, eco-friendly and totally off-grid? Try this one, its just great. Taalman Koch created the itHouse in such a way that it saves on every thing- the waste, manual labor, power etc., but at the same time is elegant and takes you closer to nature.

The house is mostly built [...]