Below is a listing of companies that offer green dwellings in the form of modular, prefab/manufactured, compact and/or mobile structures. These days, there are many such options available that are not ...

A tour of a chalet-style modular prefab home showcasing its distinctive architectural design, interior layout, and character-focused finishes.

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Although prefab construction is still growing slowing in the United States (currently at about 5% of all new homes built), it is gaining traction here and is a major form of construction in other ...

Ty Sharp, a 26-year-old software consultant from Aspen, Colo., is building a 2,876-square-foot vacation home in Ventura, Calif. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom custom home, for which he’s paying ...

Felipe Campolina’s ECObitat is a modular housing system designed specifically to provide emergency or disaster relief housing. Easily transported and made of off-the-shelf materials, the one-bedroom ...

If you are in the market for a new home but aren’t loving the latest housing prices, a modular home may be a good alternative. Modular homes, or prefab homes, have become more popular in recent years, ...

Hive Modular is three architects who dreamt of building affordable pre-fab homes. Affordable prefab, you ask? Isn’t all prefab affordable? Although prefabricated building is meant to be affordable by ...

Unlike traditional building methodologies, modular design offers a degree of flexibility, efficiency, and scalability that is rarely paralleled. The true measure of a modular residence's worth lies in ...

A bill in the Wisconsin legislature looks to address housing affordability and safety in manufactured home communities. Senate Bill 1027, introduced by several Democratic senators ...

Unitized framing assemblies being manufactured at Findorff’s Madison, Wis., prefabrication facility, which also makes unitized plumbing racks. The shop also sorts and assembles materials and divides ...

Amid rising student loan debt and skyrocketing real estate prices, homeownership is the last thing on most young professional's minds. But at Contrarian Thinking, I am always looking for ...