ASTORIA, Ore. — Is modular design the key to solving the housing crisis? An Astoria architect thinks so. Stuart Emmons, founder and principal of Emmons Design, has focused on modular design for 15 ...
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 ...
As the multifamily space becomes more open to the idea of modular design, non-traditional building methods have become more popular. Despite the pervading conventional wisdom, modular builders are ...
Unlike traditional building methodologies, modular design offers a degree of flexibility, efficiency, and scalability that is rarely paralleled. The true measure of a modular residence's worth lies in ...
This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. When Minneapolis’ housing authority put out a request to build ...
Inside Model/Z’s facility, local labor works to build high-quality housing to address the missing middle housing challenges in Los Angeles. Across the country, the essential workforce is being pushed ...
Modular design and construction has been around for decades, yet evaluating its long-term viability for multifamily is complex. Some indicators suggest that modular is steadily gaining traction in the ...
Factory-built, modular homes seem assured to have a substantial presence in rebuilding efforts after January’s wildfires. Companies tout modular’s speed and simplicity. But skeptics worry about risk ...
The nonprofit known for facilitating affordable homeownership is working to cut costs as traditional construction becomes ...
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is looking to build modular housing as a cheaper, quicker way to chip away at its waitlist of more than 29,000 applicants. Lawmakers have proposed giving the ...
If you are in the market for a new home but aren’t loving the latest housing prices, a modular home may be a good alternative. Modular homes, or prefab homes, have become more popular in recent years, ...
As they work to balance the need for new housing against potential safety concerns, Connecticut lawmakers this spring will decide whether to make it easier for contractors to build modular one-family ...