DIY home design is a life-long dream of many, and today’s architects are making it easier than ever to build your own home without toiling for years. Genoa-based firm TEKE Architects has just unveiled ...

Getting energy-efficient design into school construction can be tough, but the Gen7 modular-classroom building from American Modular Systems, Manteca, Calif., fits many of the latest energy-efficiency ...

Modular houses are trending now more than ever. Not only can they be created out of environmentally friendly materials, but they can also be built in much less time than conventional ones. Make it off ...

Off-grid living isn’t new; people have been doing it for years. But the past few years have made people seek alternative lifestyles, and off-grid living is one of them. The ultimate off-grid living ...

A modular construction system for consumers to build anything from furniture to houses by Brussels designer Thomas Lommée is on show at gallery Z33 in Hasselt, Belgium. Lommée likens the system to ...

ADEX is a system for building self-sufficient prefabricated pod houses that are capable of adapting to different sites while meeting the changing needs of their inhabitants. The modular eco houses are ...

For all those times when you feel like leaving everything behind for a well-deserved break, there’s a spaceship-themed prefab home in Scotland unlike any other. It’s called Airship 002 and it’s a ...

The town of Kempten in southern Germany has extended its experiment in buffering locally-generated renewable energy, installing a sixth grid storage battery to increase capacity to 3MW and 2MWh. “The ...