Tiny home options continue to grow in popularity thanks to high housing costs and lack of space for new ones to be built. California especially falls into this category causing great interest in building Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to rent out for extra income or for aging parents, adult children, students, or someone just starting out. Thanks to updates to California’s housing laws, new design ideas are popping up, including a collaboration between Swiss designer Yves Béhar and Plant Prefab that’s bringing LivingHomes YB1 to life. LivingHomes YB1 was recently unveiled at the Summit festival in Los Angeles displaying an example of high-quality, design-focused prefab and what’s possible for the future.

We are incredibly excited to partner with Yves B̩har on his first home product for a really critical, fast growing segment in housing: ADUs/Tiny Homes. Yves is one of the top designers in the world and the YB1, the first in a line of LivingHomes he?s designed for us, reflects the incredible attention to form and functionality and ecological footprint that he brings to all products he develops. РPlant Prefab CEO Steve Glenn

The inaugural model, the YB1, proves that customization and functionality are possible as it’s based on a Béhar-designed system that can accommodate different roof lines, various sizes, window layouts, and interior modifications. There are three versions of the YB1 currently available, each with different floor plans a...