Just a stone’s throw from La Rambla, the Spanish city is building 12 shipping container flats to help tackle its social housing crisis

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"The New York-based design studio, AI SpaceFactory, won the latest round of NASA’s habitat design challenge with its egg-shaped structure."

Transforming our linear system will take leadership, collaboration, innovation and commitment to break the status quo.

“This project is another great example of how flexible an asset a modular building can be. The Trust now has a high quality building that can be refurbished, relocated or reconfigured as their needs evolve. If the building is no longer needed, it can be sold on. As an added bonus, this process saves tons of waste from landfill.”

"Chartrand Place, one of Vancouver’s new temporary modular housing projects to alleviate the city’s high rates of homelessness."

London’s councils are inviting innovative bids to deliver an ambitious series of demountable modular homes for homeless families across the capital

"Many people mistake Flat Pack Homes with the 1940's and 50's prefabricated homes that were built for returning soldiers and their families after the second world war."

The cradle to cradle concept is increasingly being used in buildings that are designed to be upcycled or be recyclable rather than ending up as waste.

"Just outside of the French city of Nantes, the Yhnova 3D printed social housing project has been officially inaugurated."

Icon is teaming up with New Story, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that is tackling homelessness throughout North America, to bring cheap, fast and sustainable homes to people in need.

Could the e-commerce giant help turn small-home living from a niche fad into a national housing solution?

"A detachable and reusable construction that minimizes the trace on the territory."

At a home event in London, designers are showcasing eco-friendly modular homes, upcycled gardens and almost zero plastic.

" (...) considering the entire life cycle of a structure before it’s even built could have a massive impact on the amount of waste we generate – and help us adapt to the uncertain conditions of the future."

The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series reveals a plan to recycle derelict homes, by demolishing them, combining the waste with mushroom mycelium and then using it to build new, biodegradable structures.

Modular construction advantages: costs slashed so home builders make more homes precisely where needed in major cities facing affordable housing shortages.

A Anderlecht, une usine désaffectée accueille temporairement les activités de jeunes entrepreneurs. Des déchets de construction ont été récupérés pour y créer un espace de bureaux modulables. Une réussite.

"Architecture firms and their clients are becoming increasingly conscious of the environmental impact of their buildings, from life-cycle performance to the economic and environmental costs of dumping quality used components."

The founders of German start-up Containerwerk discuss the benefits of building with recycled shipping containers in this movie filmed at Milan design week

A community in Portugal is planning to build a model refugee settlement that is ecologically sustainable and more socially inclusive than most camps."

"Workers' visas are held as a dagger over their head"

"A flexible new mobile medical treatment facility offers communities options for both acute and long-term care."