A Texas homebuilder has brought a high-end approach to a type of housing that has often been lumped into the low-end category.

Escobedo Group, based in Buda, a suburb of Austin, has introduced a “panelized” construction system that enables a luxury home to be prefabricated and

Funding from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge has paved the way for a public-private collaboration to create a cheaper, more sustainable mass-housing alternative in Oregon.

When it comes to business projects, Marcus Kauffman isn’t used to leading the way.

Marcus Kauffman,

Neath-based construction firm J.G. Hale Construction has completed work on an innovative development for housing provider Pobl Group, which has created 45 new sustainable homes alongside a community hub in the Treberth area of Newport.

The development, which is designed for residents ove

Modern mobile home modular construction

The last few years of ultra-competitive, low-inventory housing markets have pushed more Americans to buy small—and have spurred an uptick in the popularity of manufactured homes. In fact, manufactured housing hasn’t been this popular since

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Many Australians still equate prefabricated construction with mass-produced, characterless houses that are not built to last. But one of Japan’s biggest builders of prefab

This week, we consider a humble workshop by the sea that teaches us that good quality design does not require expensive materials. More than a workshop, the building explores an architecture of modest scale and means, compact but spatially rich and rewarding with its poetic, sculptural presenc

Zoning By-Law Amendment and Site Plan Approval applications have recently been submitted to the City of Toronto for a contemporary precast brick-clad, 34-storey mixed-use condominium building at 2 through 20 Glazebrook Avenue on the street's northwest corner with Bayview Avenue in the Sherwood

Modern mobile home modular construction

The last few years of ultra-competitive, low-inventory housing markets have pushed more Americans to buy small—and have spurred an uptick in the popularity of manufactured homes. In fact, manufactured housing hasn’t been this popular since

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

Alchemy’s Squam Lake house is a practical case study in selecting and using digital modeling tools to design complex geometries, communicating inten

Another earthquake was reported early Wednesday morning in Washington County, Maine, less than a week after two similar-sized earthquakes were detected in that area.

According to the National Weather Service Office in Caribou, a 3.0 magnitude quake occurred at 2:55 a.m. EST, about 3 kil