The co-founder of A.M.Benzing Architects has long been a leader in the Passive House movement, an eco-sustainable and technology-forward building style with rigorous energy and efficiency requirements ...

Workshop Architecture rarely builds single-family houses, but they made an exception to try out Passive House-standard wall and roof panels. Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews ...

On a building site in Brantford, a Canadian town southwest of Toronto, a new house will soon be built using an approach that’s a little more like putting together IKEA furniture than traditional home ...

As the construction industry moves toward greener solutions, the push for sustainable, energy-efficient buildings grows. Global energy consumption for buildings accounts for nearly 40% of total energy ...

If off-grid homes and shipping container houses interest you, you probably heard of Dvele. Inhabitat covered the company before, detailing its prefab projects and DveleIQ software. But there’s more to ...

What makes a house feel like home? When it is quiet and peaceful? Full of natural light during the day and good-and-dark at night for sound sleep? With favorite art on the walls and books unpacked on ...

Following a slew of national natural disasters — most recently the Southern California wildfires and the historic winter storm that hit Southern states — interest in durable and sustainable ...