5 Intelligent Urban Prefabs

While we fancy prefab as an option for building economically, out-of-the-way, and off-the-grid, a modular building system can work just as well in a city. Here, a handful of smart urban prefab homes. Slideshow

Vancouver architect Oliver Lang maxed out a commercial lot to create a four-residence prefab tower that takes smart urban planning as seriously as good design. Each of the residences has outdoor space attached to it; the family’s unit has a roof deck. In lieu of a green roof is a galvanized tub filled with grasses—a collaboration between the architects and landscape architecture firm space2place. Photo by Kamil Bialous.

For more on building smart when going prefab, check out Dwell's guides on the benefits of prefab, and what to ask your architect.