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Villa Koppar by Collaboratorio: A Prefab Haven Rooted in Finnish Nature

Amid the serene pine forests and rocky shoreline of Kopparnäs, Inkoo, just west of Helsinki, stands Villa Koppar — a striking synthesis of ecology and craft. Designed in 2023 by Collaboratorio, the Helsinki-based studio led by Kristiina Kuusiluoma and Martino De Rossi, this family home reimagines what prefabrication can achieve when technology and empathy align. The home’s prefabricated...

Creneas House by DABG / deAbajoGarcía: Advanced Prefab Design Rooted in Place

Casa Creneas by DABG (deAbajoGarcia) is a prefabricated home in Pinto, Madrid, where advanced construction meets intelligent design. Guided by the owners’ wish to preserve a mature pine, elm, and fig tree, the project employs hybrid steel and cross-laminated timber (CLT) systems with dry assembly to minimize foundations and protect the site’s roots. Its structure and orientation are the result of...

Whidbey Puzzle Prefab by Wittman Estes architects

On a quiet patch of forested land on Whidbey Island, Washington, a new kind of home quietly challenges everything we thought we knew about prefabricated living.  Welcome to the Whidbey Puzzle Prefab — an innovative modular home designed by Wittman Estes, a Seattle-based architecture firm renowned for blending natural environments with modernist sensibilities. This isn’t a typical house. It’s a...