This steel system could change the way prefab buildings are built. Julian Bowron, designer of the Metaloq steel framing system, used a term I had not heard since 2015: "tolerance accumulation." It's ...
Waugh Thistleton's Watts Grove project raises some questions and they deliver some answers. TreeHugger loves wood construction. We have to reduce the embodied energy of our buildings and building with ...
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 ...
The concept of modular construction may seem foreign to some, but it is gaining traction as a safe and efficient means of building. In fact, COVID accelerated the pace of prefabrication and modular ...
More energy-efficient homes, less materials waste and lower carbon emissions in the construction process are among the sustainable advantages of modular housing. However, the sector remains relatively ...
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 ...
Washington’s affordable housing crisis has reached a breaking point. The state’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board is calling for the construction of 1 million new residences within the next two ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on inclusive capitalism and investment to help society. Nov 13, 2018, 09:00am EST Nov 23, 2018, 04:24pm EST This article ...
Amsterdam-based hotelier citizenM has North America in its sites for major expansion that favors modular construction. Having already opened two modular hotels in New York City, citizenM has two ...
Champ Suthipongchai is a General Partner at Creative Ventures, a market-driven Deep Tech venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Just over a year ago, the modular construction behemoth known as ...
The cost to build a modular home is between $180,000 to $360,000, with a national average cost of $270,000. Factors that affect the total cost of a modular home include the home size, style, and brand ...
Forta PRO, a Latvian-based modular construction company, and MT Højgaard, a Danish construction company, recently completed the MARS Satellite Radiology Clinic building in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new ...