From the Swedish group who brought us the prefab Barn House, here’s another cool prefabricated home from the Pinc House Collection. This wooden prefab structure is called Sport and it’s a modern version of the classic sports cabin, offering a spacious open-plan interior and panoramic windows. Read the rest of this entry »

The Kennedy Residence is a small 3 story house located on a hillside terrain. It uses prefabricated 8′ wide vertical panels which remain standardized from the main floor and above, but are lengthened or shortened at their lower ends to adapt to varying slopes and lower floor configurations. Read the rest of this entry »

Design of houses in accordance with our sense heat. Protection against cold, heat, wind, rain, the house is sometimes presented as our third skin. But to develop such a framework, guaranteeing the comfort of its occupants, yet must know the keys to the thermal well-being. Diving at the crossroads of biology, physics and the ecology. Read the rest of this entry »

Nobody likes being alone; people crave for companionship and community. In one of my previous posts about small house living I have been writing about why you should build and live in a small house, however in this post I would like to raise some points about how living in a small house can give us a chance for a better way of life. Read the rest of this entry »

It is a matter of happiness that communities were thriving not only online but in the real world, where they should be. The concept of Co housing, also known as Ecovillages or Intentional Communities, is an alternative way of living where people strive together with a common vision. Read the rest of this entry »

Inhabit is the new prefab, modular home by Seattle-based real estate company, Unico Properties. With a purpose of making city living more accessible, inhabit offers prefab, modular apartments for future city dwellers, who appreciate stylish, open living spaces and environmentally responsible construction. Read the rest of this entry »

The tiny house Microflat, by Piercy Conner architects and designers, is a small house, efficiently designed at high quality. This house is tiny, thus making a great example for the current evolving compact houses concept modern architecture design. Read the rest of this entry »

Located in a suburb of Dublin’s Southside (Rathfarnham), this “wrap-around” house is pretty unique. By fully using the particular geometry of the site, architecture firm Odos Architects, squeezed this contemporary private residence, No. 48A, into the end of a 1,500 sq ft back garden site. Read the rest of this entry »

The House at Jardin del Sol is an amazing modern house by architects Corona y P. Amaral Arquitectos. Located on the edge of a natural cliff in Tenerife Canary Islands, Spain, this house is surrounded by the elements of wood and water; looking over magnificent views of the cliff, a black sand beach, mount Teide and all the north coast of Tenerife island. Read the rest of this entry »

Designed by Anderson Anderson Architecture, the Chameleon House is a modern prefab home towering over the rolling topography of its cherry orchard site, peering outwards toward spectacular westward views of Lake Michigan and the surrounding agricultural landscape. Read the rest of this entry »