Prefab Towers Built By Flying Robots: Fact Or Fiction?

A quad-copter drone positions a foam brick over a prefab model tower in a 2012 demonstration. Image by François Lauginie via Gramazio & Kohler Architekten.

A Swiss firm wants to change the negative image of flying robots by turning them into worker drones to build skyscrapers in a cheaper, more sustainable way. Read more →

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D*Haus: Home Design As Origami

One of the eight configurations that can be arranged with the D*Dynamic concept model. Image by AVR London via D*Haus.

Looking more like an origami crane than a home, the modular D*Haus concept can be bent and unfolded to create a virtually limitless number of configurations. Read more →

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Danish Container Home Keeps Modular Secrets Hidden

Artist's concept of completed WorldFlexHome, with green roof and wall. Image via WorldFlexHome.

Danish firm WorldFlexHome has created an energy-efficient, modular shipping container home that betrays none of the industrial boxiness seen in other container projects. Read more →

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Modular California Roll House Designed To Beat Desert Heat

Image by Christopher Daniel via Violent Volumes

Taking ironic inspiration from the ocean, a Korean firm uses a sushi-like design to wrap a home environment in a passive, protective shroud to shield against the desert sun. Read more →

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‘My Micro NY’ Wins Tiny Prefab Apartment Contest

An artist's rendition of the cozy "micro-unit" apartments, measuring 250 to 370 square feet. Image via NYC Mayor's Office.

A winning model has been chosen for the adAPT NYC program, a six-month competition to design tiny apartments that can increase New York's density while still meeting code. Read more →

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This Tiny Green Home Goes Where You Go

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Weighing in at just 3,000 pounds and measuring 150 feet square, the House Arc is a solar-ready modular prefab that can be ordered online and shipped anywhere. Read more →

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LEED Platinum Home Takes Modular To Green Limit

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A Greenfab 1300 Series home in Seattle has been LEED Platinum certified by the USGBC, and is now available nationwide for $85 a square foot. Read more →

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Blu Homes Enhances Green Prefab Model

Blu Element

Blu Homes' popular greenfab modular home now has more bedrooms, lighting and heating options, including in-floor radiant heat. Read more →

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Casa Chaira Offers Green Modular Homes for Saintly Green Nuns

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A brand-new 16 unit modular complex featuring recycled, eco-friendly materials, high-efficiency systems and appliances and a PV solar system is the new home of Sisters of St. Francis in Denver. Read more →

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Green Modular Homes from Blu Go Two Stories In Size

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Blu Homes of Massachusetts recently announced the launch of their new two-story eco-modular green home, the Evolution. Read more →

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