Automated modular construction has become a popular way to build lots of homes efficiently and inexpensively, but is it really greener too?

The modular building process begins at the conceptual design phase, so it is crucial to draw, plan and procure specifically for modular construction from the very beginning stage of a project.

According to the Modular Building Institute’s 2024 Permanent Modular Construction Annual Report there are over 250 modular construction companies in North America, fast catching up with Europe and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Modular construction, as it is conceived today with its cellular structural assembly, limits a building’s potential for adaptive re-use. If thirty years from now, a hotel or multi-family residential ...

Modular structures, which are created in a shop, take a fraction of the time to build onsite. For example, Arndt said National Modular could manufacture a building in one month compared to a six ...

Unlike houses built on-site using framed structures or prefab panels, modular buildings are constructed almost entirely in a factory.Volumetric "boxes" are built by skilled tradespeople and ...

Hodgetts of HPlusF Design Lab, who holds two modular patents, adds that great design “doesn’t have to be expensive,” and asserts that Cassette’s formula of developing a product through a lens of ...

“Between 2015 and 2020, we have seen a doubling of market share for modular construction in multifamily projects,” he said, adding that many three- to four-story modular multifamily buildings ...

Modular construction is contining to gain traction due to these financial advantages over traditional on-site construction, says Bay Area architect and modular housing designer Charles Bloszies. “When ...

Unlike houses built on-site using framed structures or prefab panels, modular buildings are constructed almost entirely in a factory. Volumetric "boxes" are built by skilled tradespeople and ...