Prefab Profiles

An ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry.

Ready to Set Sail? Konga’s Newest Prefab Will Float Your Boat

Ready to Set Sail? Konga’s Newest Prefab Will Float Your Boat

Lloyoll Makes Prefabs Primed for The Wilderness

Lloyoll Makes Prefabs Primed for The Wilderness

Ample Creates Prefab Shelters and Saunas Inspired by Australian Sheds

Ample Creates Prefab Shelters and Saunas Inspired by Australian Sheds

This Australian Modular Company Works Across Residential and Commercial

This Australian Modular Company Works Across Residential and Commercial

Raw Plywood Is One of the Only Finishes in This Prefab Home

Raw Plywood Is One of the Only Finishes in This Prefab Home

There’s More Deck Than Interior at This Prefab Cabin in Colorado

There’s More Deck Than Interior at This Prefab Cabin in Colorado

This Prefab Apartment Building in L.A. Tests a New Vision for Housing

This Prefab Apartment Building in L.A. Tests a New Vision for Housing

Is This Prefab Design Website the Future of Homebuilding?

Is This Prefab Design Website the Future of Homebuilding?

Modscape Makes Prefab Homes That Don’t Look Like They Came From a Factory

Modscape Makes Prefab Homes That Don’t Look Like They Came From a Factory

Fresh Indoor Air and Healthy Materials: These Tiny Prefabs Pack In Passive House Principles

Fresh Indoor Air and Healthy Materials: These Tiny Prefabs Pack In Passive House Principles

Build an Eichler-Esque Home—or Whatever You Dream Up—With These Customizable Prefab Frames

Build an Eichler-Esque Home—or Whatever You Dream Up—With These Customizable Prefab Frames

iHouse’s Customizable Prefab Homes Have Huge Glass Sliders That Connect Them to Their Setting

iHouse’s Customizable Prefab Homes Have Huge Glass Sliders That Connect Them to Their Setting

Want to Design Your Own ADU? This Prefab Company Gives You the Tools

Want to Design Your Own ADU? This Prefab Company Gives You the Tools

This Prefab Builder Never Makes the Same Home Twice—and You Can See It in the Price

This Prefab Builder Never Makes the Same Home Twice—and You Can See It in the Price

Solar Arrays and Good Insulation Make These Prefab Residences Net-Zero—Even in Cold Climates

Solar Arrays and Good Insulation Make These Prefab Residences Net-Zero—Even in Cold Climates

Method Homes Makes Bespoke Prefabs That Don’t Have a Factory Feel

Method Homes Makes Bespoke Prefabs That Don’t Have a Factory Feel

Hoteliers, You Can Create Destination Retreats With These Luxe Tiny Cabins

Hoteliers, You Can Create Destination Retreats With These Luxe Tiny Cabins

Prefab Builder Blend Projects Makes Tiny Cabins and Full-Blown Homes Made of Healthy Materials

Prefab Builder Blend Projects Makes Tiny Cabins and Full-Blown Homes Made of Healthy Materials

This Prefab Builder Is Making Homes That Are Designed to Keep You Healthy

This Prefab Builder Is Making Homes That Are Designed to Keep You Healthy

A Svelte $79K Prefab Cabin Promises to Work as Well in Your Backyard as It Does in the Woods

A Svelte $79K Prefab Cabin Promises to Work as Well in Your Backyard as It Does in the Woods

You Can Build These Prefab ADUs Yourself, Which Start at $100 Per Square Foot

You Can Build These Prefab ADUs Yourself, Which Start at $100 Per Square Foot

Two Friends Started This Prefab Company to Beat the Weather and Build Homes Year Round

Two Friends Started This Prefab Company to Beat the Weather and Build Homes Year Round

A Tiny Home, an Office, and a Sauna: MyCabin Sells Its Prefabs as a Pack or à la Carte

A Tiny Home, an Office, and a Sauna: MyCabin Sells Its Prefabs as a Pack or à la Carte

Tini Living Makes Tweakable Steel-Framed ADUs That Start at $38K

Tini Living Makes Tweakable Steel-Framed ADUs That Start at $38K

These Meteorite-Shaped Office Pods Look Ready for the Space Age—But Live in Your Backyard

These Meteorite-Shaped Office Pods Look Ready for the Space Age—But Live in Your Backyard

Haus.me’s Tiny $90K Prefab Can Be Installed in an Hour—and Even Comes With Cutlery

Haus.me’s Tiny $90K Prefab Can Be Installed in an Hour—and Even Comes With Cutlery

You Can’t Customize These $195K ADUs—But That Means They’re Delivered That Much Faster

You Can’t Customize These $195K ADUs—But That Means They’re Delivered That Much Faster

Connect Homes Builds Modernist-Inspired Prefabs With a Surprising Amount of Floor-to-Ceiling Glass

Connect Homes Builds Modernist-Inspired Prefabs With a Surprising Amount of Floor-to-Ceiling Glass

This Prefab Builder Uses the Same System to Build Floating Homes and More Traditional Residences

This Prefab Builder Uses the Same System to Build Floating Homes and More Traditional Residences

Prefab Builder Aux Box Makes Preciously Small Backyard Homes and Offices Starting at $32K

Prefab Builder Aux Box Makes Preciously Small Backyard Homes and Offices Starting at $32K

Nestron’s Plug-and-Play Prefabs Start at $40K and Don’t Require a Foundation

Nestron’s Plug-and-Play Prefabs Start at $40K and Don’t Require a Foundation

Prefab Builder Pluspuu Makes New and Improved Log Cabins Starting at $175K

Prefab Builder Pluspuu Makes New and Improved Log Cabins Starting at $175K

This California Prefab Builder’s Website Lets You Visualize an ADU on Your Property

This California Prefab Builder’s Website Lets You Visualize an ADU on Your Property

This Design Firm Envisions Planting Prefab Homes “Like Trees” in Cities

This Design Firm Envisions Planting Prefab Homes “Like Trees” in Cities

These $31K Micro Cabins Are Light Enough to Be Dropped Into Place by a Helicopter

These $31K Micro Cabins Are Light Enough to Be Dropped Into Place by a Helicopter

Two Friends Started This Prefab Company Where the Cabins Come on Wheels

Two Friends Started This Prefab Company Where the Cabins Come on Wheels

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