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Modular ConstructionLatest Stories

Bowling Over

Populous has designed a temporary cricket stadium in New York to host the T20 World Cup

Supply and Demand

Advocating for code change to increase access to modular/emergency housing

a prefab home on an open field
Smart Prefab

Can Liv-Connected crack the modular housing code?

a glassy tower built by assembly osm with mirrored curtain wall
Some Assembly Required

Construction startup Assembly OSM wants to marry digital twin technology with modular building

Passively Prefabbed

Plant Prefab rolls out Passive House-certified modular homes

A katerra factory
Modular Investing

Softbank bails out Katerra and takes majority stake

modules on a beach, an example of prefabrication in an urban context
Encouraging the Unconventional

NYC Public Design Commission explores small-scale prefabrication potential in a big-city context

Roatán, an island, with timber housing on it
Towering Timber

Zaha Hadid Architects reveals a modular housing platform for Honduras

Colorful modular housing in Portland
Planting New Opportunities in the City of Roses

Holst Architecture completes color-drenched co-housing for low-income Portlanders

a school bus converted into a mobile testing lab
Testing, Testing 123

Firms turn to school buses, shipping containers for speculative COVID-19 testing hubs

illustration of a recuperative care village in los angeles
Healing Vibes

CannonDesign unveils modular Restorative Care Village concept in L.A.

an illustration of a neighborhood of modular homes in the uk, made by BoKlok
Chip off the Old BoKlok

IKEA’s modular home offshoot names a U.K. manufacturer

illustration of modern modular home on beach, with two intersecting volumes
Just In Time For Summer

Plant Prefab’s latest factory-built offerings are big on sustainability, Scandi vibes

a skyline view of Wuhan, the Chinese city formerly locked down
In Better News ...

Wuhan shutters all temporary hospitals as COVID-19 risk dissipates

small wooden building with floor to ceiling glass, a freestanding accessory dwelling unit, the LivingHome 10
AN ADU YOU CAN TALK TO

Plant Prefab completes its first smart accessory dwelling unit

A home with a green metal grid surrounding it, designed by Space Popular
Power to the Grid

Space Popular vaults brick and wraps a thin steel grid around a modular house in Spain

Aerial photo of a hospital built to hold coronavirus patients
Talk About Design Build

China opens 1,000-bed coronavirus hospital built in less than 10 days

Interior rendering of a space station capsule designed for Axiom
Out of This World

NASA taps a Houston startup to design a hotel for the ISS

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