Plugin House

Modern Pre-Fab Architecture

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An inspirational manifesto of innovative pre-fab solutions to the urgent housing problems around the world from a progressive young practice

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Around 1.6 billion people around the world lack adequate housing. Plugin House offers a solution.

In this bold new manifesto, People’s Architecture Office (PAO) show how low-cost pre-fabricated homes can be used to address homelessness, housing scarcity and gentrification. Their ‘plugin’ structures – assembled quickly and easily with simple tools – can be built by almost anyone, almost anywhere, slotting into small urban lots or providing safe shelters in crumbling ruins.

This visual and practical guide, full of colourful assembly manuals and graphic novel-style personal stories, calls on architects and urban planners to consider this revolutionary approach, and provides a template for a possible way out of the housing crisis.
Extent: 304 pp
Format: PLC (no jacket)
Illustrations: 480
Publication date: 2026-01-29
Size: 24.0 x 19.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500027585
About the Author

People’s Architecture Office (PAO) is an international architecture practice based in Los Angeles, Beijing and Shenzhen. Founded in 2010 by James Shen, He Zhe and Zang Feng, the firm focuses on work that fosters social interaction and diverse perspectives. The Plugin House Company is an offshoot of the studio’s work that seeks to solve housing problems through low-cost prefabricated homes.

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