Prefabricated

Practice Architecture has built a family residence using prefabricated panels made with hemp. The result is a sustainable three bedroom home dubbed Flat House, which boasts a flat-pack design using materials grown on the 20-acre property.

Nestron has revealed a 14.5 square meter (156 sq ft) tiny home that is packed with smart features. Dubbed Cube One, the prefabricated single room home is ready to move-in from delivery and boasts a series of smart and sustainable technologies.

Immerso is a transparent-roof cabin currently being used as a glamping experience in the Italian Alps. Located 1,900 meters (6,234 ft) above sea level in the quaint alpine town of La Morra, Immerso offers a rare opportunity to sleep under the stars.

Studioroca and Taller Escape have joined forces to create a prefabricated house that is move-in ready in just 99 days. The VMD tiny home is an eco-conscious dwelling that is built using shipping-containers and offers complete off-the-grid living.

UK-based design studio Koto has joined forces with US home-builders Abodu to create a prefabricated tiny house that can be installed onsite in two weeks. The 495-sq-ft (46-sqm) Koto X Abodu boasts a modern Scandinavian design with a Californian edge.

As we continue to see, prefab homes can be quite easy on the eye, with the latest example an elegant rectangular-shaped home built into the slopes of the Austrian alps.

Canadian construction firm JD Composites has completed its first concept home, made from about 612,000 recycled plastic bottles. Beach House is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, and is not only a great example of how recycled plastic can be put to good use, but it's also hurricane resistant.​

Haus Gables from award-winning architect Jennifer Bonner is a contemporary two story home built with 87 cross-laminated timber panels and measuring just 18 feet wide, a similar dimension to single-wide mobile homes.​

MAPA Architects has been producing its Minimod line of prefabricated homes for several years now. The firm's latest project involved it overcoming difficult conditions in southern Brazil to install an appealing green-roofed retreat in the forest.

Located in the beautiful forest setting in Chile, Yellow House from architect Alejandro Soffia is a treehouse-inspired prefab home that proposes a comfortable and economic housing model for the future.

Spanish architectural studio In Tenta has created a prefabricated tiny house that can be placed in almost any location or setting. Dubbed DROP Box N-240, the modular dwelling is easily transportable and comes ready to provide a quick and easy pop-up tiny house or hotel suite.

The Fuselage, by Tree Tents, is a pipe-shaped dwelling that can be suspended above ground using trees or even a cliffside, or installed on stilts on the ground. It measures just 5.3 m (17 ft)-long and can run off-the-grid with a solar power setup.