• More than a box, smarter than a prefab: modular housing is back, and this time with style

    More than a box, smarter than a prefab: modular housing is back, and this time with style
    Companies have sprung up around Australia to produce housing that offers a new option amid the property crisis, and now governments are taking notice Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThey were the hallmark of postwar Britain, known for being quick to construct, built to last, clad with asbestos, dull and repetitious.Almost 80 years later, “prefabs” have been renamed and are back in play, after the New South Wales government committed $10m in th

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