The waterfront prefabs are self-sustaining, says the designer, down to dry toilets that turn human waste into soil ...

Set about an hour from Reykjavík, the compact getaway has views for days and a hot tub for watching the northern lights.

More than 20 years after I first promoted the building method at Dwell, it has yet to live up to its promise—but it can.

The house is a prefab, built by the Icelandic company Tresmiðjan Akur and assembled on-site. Myriam Marti The cabin is set on the highest-elevation parcel in the fjord, and it has uninterrupted ...