In November, the world got its first glimpse of a modular housing prototype from Skender, a Chicago-based construction firm. The module was remarkably complete. It included a kitchen, a bathroom, a ...
Modular architecture has a bad reputation for being cookie-cutter and soulless. Architect Eva Talbot is here to dispel the myth. Doreen Lorenzo: Tell us about your interest in design. Were you a ...
That’s where at least one company says it can step in and help. Colorado-based modular homebuilder Fading West claims it can ...
Like Sweden, Japan and the U.S. before it, Canada will start experimenting with scaled-up factory-built housing next year — and it has plenty of lessons to learn from countries where the industry has ...
Six years ago, 461 Dean Street — then and now the nation’s tallest modular apartment building at 32 stories — opened its doors on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The 363-unit tower had ...
Modular and panelized construction is trending up for residential and commercial builds. We talked with three companies seeing increased demand for their products and services. Factory prefab can ...
Offsite construction is gaining traction, driven by rapid urbanization, labor shortages, and project complexity. Adoption is ...
For decades, modular construction has been touted as the next “revolutionary” wave of construction. Instead of putting together structures on a jobsite, where workers are subject to the vagaries of ...
Philly’s tallest modular building is opening its doors in West Philly within the month, offering 141 units geared toward graduate students and “young professionals.” The structure, called The LVL 4125 ...
Sydney is in the midst of a historic housing crisis, the state government has hailed modular housing as its “secret weapon” ...
Both houses of the New York State legislature passed a bill this summer that would mandate that construction and fabrication work done off-site for public work projects be compensated at New York’s ...