Housing made easy.
backyard homes • hospitality • transitional housing • emergency shelters • historic upgrades
For anyone, anywhere.
The Plugin House is a flexible, low-cost, easy-to-assemble housing solution ideal for backyard homes (ADUs), transitional housing, emergency shelters, or hospitality. The system can also be deployed in larger-scale institutional projects or for upgrading historic or disused structures.
Simple, nimble, quick.
The Plugin System uses prefabricated panels that feature structural components, insulation, and finishes molded into a single modular element. Plugin panels attach to each other with integrated locks and the entire house can be assembled by a few people with nothing more than an Allen wrench. This innovative elegance allows you to build your own house quickly and affordably, even on difficult-to-access lots or urban areas.
Integrated, insulated.
Plugin’s high-quality building material makes for extremely energy-efficient, inviting, and soundproof architecture. With insulation that outperforms most residential buildings, the Plugin panels are water-tight and mold-resistant.
One-stop shop.
Every step in the Plugin System is a turnkey service. We use our collective decades of expertise in development, construction, architectural and product design, and public processes to manage the architectural, contracting, design, electrical, engineering, plumbing and permitting processes for you. That includes inspections, foundation, framing, installation and interior finishes.
Watch our construction process.
Plugin News
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Plugin House featured in Business Insider
February 2024
Business Insider reports on Plugin House as one of 6 vendors chosen by the California Department of Government Services to deliver emergency shelter units.
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CA Governor Newsom's State of the State Address on Homelessness
March 2023
On March 16, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to provide 1200 small homes for people experiencing homelessness in the state. We showcased our Studio C Plugin House for the press conference.
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Artist Residency at the Blue House Project Plugin
February 2023
Plugin House and arts non-profit, Raasin in the Sun host artists in Austin, TX, providing them with a Plugin studio to create work. Congrats to Elizabeth Lopez, the current Blue House Project artist-in-residence!
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Plugin House Participates in TOOF Press Conference
November 2022
District 1 Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison spoke about the dire challenges of homelessness and expressed support for Plugin House’s collaboration with The Other Ones Foundation. -
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Plugin House and TOOF featured on NBC
November 2022
Austin’s KXAN/NBC featured our Plugin House units at The Other Ones Foundation. We showed that Plugins can be quickly put together, filling urgent needs at TOOF. -
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Plugin Houses Built by and for the Unhoused
October 2022
Working with residents of The Other One’s Foundation’s Esperanza Community, we erected Plugin Houses that will provide spaces for food access, community enrichment and peer-support. TOOF is an Austin-based homeless service provider. -
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Plugin House Co-Founder Anmol Mehra is featured in Texas Monthly
September 2022
A timely article that explores Anmol’s successful quest to rezone a property on E.M. Franklin in Austin for higher density, as well as the thoughts of supporters and detractors of his plans. -
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Plugin House Debuts at Austin Design Week 2021
November 2021
The Alamo Plugin Demo at Austin Design Week 2021 allowed us to show how easily and quickly a Plugin can be put together. Many visitors expressed interest in the Plugin’s use as a backyard ADU. -
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Rural Studio Students Build Plugin House
August 2019
The Plugin House was reconstructed by architecture students at Rural Studio, a world famous design build program at Auburn University. -
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Plugin House Activates Boston City Hall
May 2018
The Plugin House Demo has been successfully moved from Harvard to City Hall! Partnering with the Mayor of Boston’s Housing Innovation Lab, volunteers built the Plugin House in front of Boston City Hall. -
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Plugin House Brings Art and Culture to Harvard
May 2018
With support from the Loeb Fellowship and the Office for the Arts at Harvard, we brought the Plugin House to Harvard University. Students new to design and construction assembled the Plugin House in the heart of Harvard Yard.
