The cost to build a modular home is between $180,000 to $360,000, with a national average cost of $270,000. Factors that affect the total cost of a modular home include the home size, style, and brand ...

More than 20 years after I first promoted the building method at Dwell, it has yet to live up to its promise—but it can. This story is part of Dwell’s yearlong 25th-anniversary celebration of the ...

Prefabricated, or modular, homes once had a reputation for being unattractive, cookie-cutter buildings, but design innovation and environmental responsibility are the new foundations of the industry. ...

This curvaceous modular home by Palo Alto architect, Joseph Bellomo, is joining the ranks of affordable, modular housing. Dubbed the House Arc, Bellomo was inspired to create the home after the ...

There are studies showing that a large variety of options at the supermarket has the adverse effect you'd imagine, actually causing more confusion and indecision in shoppers. The mobile home industry ...

If you can't find a house you want to buy you may be tempted to build your home yourself. In that case, you'll need to choose between a "stick-built" house and a prefab home. Stick-built means your ...

Design magazines love them. So do movie stars and environmental activists. New technology, including the use of robots in factories, makes them even easier to build. So why are advocates of prefab ...

On a cold day in January, homeowners Nick and Catherine Swezey stood in their kitchen looking up at the sky. The roof of their 1923 bungalow in the District’s Kent neighborhood had been torn off to ...

The low-slung structure tucked among the unearthly boulders of Joshua Tree looks vaguely like many other modern prefab homes from the last decade — streamlined silhouette, eco-chic materials, ...