In Our Backyard: Inside One of Dwell’s New Prefab Houses

Climate change is coming for all our homes. But there are ways we can build for the future.

These little changes can make a big difference.

Built in six months and delivered in a day, the Dwell House provides an extended family with space to thrive.

In an 18th-century chateau in France, the couple behind a popular YouTube channel turns to technologies old and new to keep warm.

Robust materials and an elevated stance allow a family’s studio to weather brutal conditions in a disaster-prone region of Australia.

Set on eight-foot stilts, this highly insulated island home provides a Buenos Aires couple with an off-grid escape.

Building with wood was a requirement by the city, but it was their decision to build smaller—and smarter—for the sake of efficiency.

Archetypes of 1970s utopian living, these self-determining homes in the desert have been embraced by a younger cohort eager to create a more sustainable future.

Four years after the devastating Woolsey fire, Malibu residents who lost everything are still waiting for approvals, and contending with complicated mortgage and insurance...

Leftover urban space and timber by-products add up to the perfect solution for a small family.

John Brooks and Erik Eaker hit undo on an awkward aughts revamp with the help of local firm Rock Paper Hammer.

“The house is like a gallery and an heirloom that brings the family together,” says architect Cristina Ioana Graff. “They appreciate it so much, and that makes it more special.”

Chelsea Minola, founder of design studio Grain, keeps the remnants as a reminder of time spent with her family and the future she and her husband can help create for them.