Marry the small-house craze with the equally hot trend of prefab homes, and what do you get? Small prefab homes, which are the housing industry’s equivalent to miniature schnauzers tied with a gift ...

Wittman Estes, an architecture studio based in Seattle, has unveiled the Whidbey Puzzle Prefab, an innovative take on sustainable modular housing. This 600-sq-ft (55.75-sqm) tiny prototype, located on ...

Author Sheri Koones believes that prefab houses (or “prefabulous,” as she calls them) are the homes of the future. She’s written five books about them. In the new “Prefabulous Small Houses” (The ...

At the International Builders’ Show, exhibitors offered mini prefab houses, kitchens ‘like Swiss Army knives’ and other strategies for dealing with a constrained market. By Julie Lasky A tug of war is ...

This minimalist off-grid prefab is designed to not look like a prefab. For all their advantages when it comes to quality and sustainability, prefabs still get unfairly characterized as being ugly, ...

Go big or go home may be a popular catchphrase, but Sherri Koones says, 'think small, smart, and prefabulous.' “Some people still want big houses, but there’s a growing population that wants to keep ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's no doubt that tiny homes are on the rise, appealing to buyers who appreciate the affordability and simplicity they offer. With ...

In some areas of the U.S., people who own homes deemed “historic” are fighting local preservationists for their right to install solar panels. The reason? Panels are too ugly, according to a recent ...