The Japanese housing market differs from that of North America or Europe in that homes are regarded as depreciating assets, similar to vehicles, which are frequently regarded as useless after fifteen years. That's why MUJI's latest prefab, The Vertical House, is so intriguing.
Manhattan-based MB Architecture has finished its largest and most complex prefab project to date in the East Hampton town of Amagansett - a 1,800 ft2 shipping container home that promotes indoor and outdoor living.
Kynttilä is a modest, off-grid hut located on a narrow arm of the Nunnanniemi peninsula in Eastern Finland, built as a prefab meditation cottage with a 150 square foot construction to stimulate visual and spiritual attention without distraction.
With a single floor and without any dividing element, this is "The Plain House", the house of the Japanese firm that proposes us to connect more with nature and family.