The word “modular” may conjure images of job-site trailers and portable classrooms. But permanent modular construction is a different animal, one that has benefited considerably from the integration ...

Design experts laud modular design for its flexibility, so these simple, easily customizable, and stylish shelves are the ...

Americans throw away over 12 million tons of furniture every year, and most of it ends up in landfills. But are we atrociously wasteful beings, or is furniture just not durable enough? If you ask the ...

Quantum computers could solve some of the world's most challenging problems, but only if we can make them big enough. A new modular design for quantum chips could make building large-scale quantum ...

Researchers have developed a strategy that enables biosensors to be easily adapted for a wide range of applications. LMU researchers have developed a strategy that enables biosensors to be easily ...

Urban, market-rate housing that lower-income workers can actually afford is one of our country’s biggest needs. For multifamily designers, this challenge presents several opportunities for creating ...

Unlike traditional building methodologies, modular design offers a degree of flexibility, efficiency, and scalability that is rarely paralleled. The true measure of a modular residence's worth lies in ...

In a major step forward for the burgeoning modular nuclear reactor movement, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved all but the final formalities on a tiny reactor design put forth by ...

As the multifamily space becomes more open to the idea of modular design, non-traditional building methods have become more popular. Despite the pervading conventional wisdom, modular builders are ...

Odell predicts that modular construction in the residential sector will become increasingly accepted and cost-effective. Image courtesy of HED While still met with skepticism in some circles, modular ...