Design publication Dwell has entered the prefab ring with Dwell House, a 540-square-foot accessory dwelling unit (ADU) produced and designed in collaboration with prefab studio Abodu, and Danish designers Norm Architects. Featuring a full kitchen, a bathroom, an open floor layout, and premium materials and fixtures from Dwell's extensive network of designers, the House is the result of a long-standing initiative to provide better, more affordable housing. And, on the other side of the pandemic (sort of), there's no better time for its launch.
The origins of the Dwell House go way back to 2004 when Dwell hosted a competition to design a prefab home that could be produced for $200,000. Dwell themselves built the winning design for a real family, and since then, the publication has been patiently waiting to produce a prefab home of its own. Now, two decades later, several factors have made production possible.