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This prefab is an innovative and efficient contemporary designs, constructed in a well organized manner. Designers Juan and Sara Matiz, who come from Colombia and Italy respectively had envisioned unique three hundred and sixty degree architectural design ten years back, their creativity, ideas, strategic design, and experimentation, are key ingredients [...]

Camping is always a great idea to do especially in these warm summer months when everything is so beautiful outside. If you are tired of rainy or snowy winters, perhaps now is the time to go out and camp in the wilderness! However, most of us do not like to sacrifice our luxuries when it comes to camping and that is perhaps why we do not camp out. If [...]

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 thus created a place [...]

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 of work. Manuel has designed [...]

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 assembly lines warm [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 capsule [...]

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, designed by Michael Trudgeon, that can be relocated any place you wish. [...]