Urban, market-rate housing that lower-income workers can actually afford is one of our country’s biggest needs. For multifamily designers, this challenge presents several opportunities for creating ...
The word “modular” may conjure images of job-site trailers and portable classrooms. But permanent modular construction is a different animal, one that has benefited considerably from the integration ...
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 ...
Salt Lake City adopted the nation’s first two consensus standards that address offsite construction last March, six months in advance of their publication by the International Code Council and the ...
Housing is a diverse architectural typology whose configuration is determined not only by those who design it but also by the use of those who live in it. Therefore, homes are fundamentally adaptable ...
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 ...
Modular construction remains a booming trend across the contracting world. Modular design helps solve housing shortages, speeds up construction, and addresses rebuilding work after natural disasters.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writes on housing innovation for sustainability and affordability. In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, more attention is ...
Chick-fil-A is reinventing its approach to how it will improve its restaurants. The home of the original chicken sandwich will begin employing the concept known as modular construction to rebuild or ...
There is no shortage of developers or builders who have tried prefabrication and now swear against it. I hear more and more, “we tried it and it didn’t work.” Yet, some are achieving huge success. But ...
Group AMANA is positioning modular construction at the heart of the GCC’s development agenda – delivering faster, more ...
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 ...