Call it a mother-in-law suite, a granny flat, a guest house, a backyard office, an accessory dwelling unit, or just your own sweet compact home. Whichever name you choose for it, there’s no denying ...

Alternative housing solutions are on the rise in many parts of the world, with a minimal footprint and overall enhanced efficiency at the forefront. KAP House, known for its gorgeous homes on wheels ...

This steel system could change the way prefab buildings are built. Julian Bowron, designer of the Metaloq steel framing system, used a term I had not heard since 2015: "tolerance accumulation." It's ...

Snow loads, –30 °C nights, and humid summer heatwaves test any cabin. A prefab kit that thrives in those extremes starts with a super-tight shell: thick wall assemblies, continuous insulation, and ...

They built a steel frame prefab home for the Rocky Mountains to get a 10/10 view. This week I went to Golden to have a look at a recently finished modular home that had been customized for the ...

A-frame structures were hugely popular in the fifties and sixties; I have noted earlier that "they were easy to build, incredibly efficient in their use of materials, and they were almost all roof, ...