Architectural atmosphere for spirituality holds potential to support the physical and mental health of post-COVID urban populations, and people now spend more of their lives within buildings even as opportunities for spiritual engagement recede. Yet evidence-based knowledge for designing such environments remains limited. This study aimed to identify the architectural atmospheres for spiritual constructs through a systematic literature review and practice-based interviews conducted following the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from Scopus-indexed publications and architects’ relevant expertise were analyzed using thematic content analysis, while word frequency and bivariate association analyses were employed to identify key architectural characteristics and their associations with spiritual constructs. The findings indicate that a holistic atmospheric approach should integrate spatial, perceptual, and natural features. Tangible atmospheric features such as space, natural materials, and object elements emerged as most prominent, alongside intangible features including illumination, acoustics, and temperature conditions. At the use-effect level, spatial experience and perception were most frequently reported. Positive spiritual constructs were linked to symbolic objects, sensory experiences, and lighting conditions, whereas negative spiritual constructs were primarily associated with temperature conditions. Future studies should extend inquiry across diverse linguistic, cultural, and temporal contexts while empirically validating the proposed framework in real-world environments.

Consumer willingness to purchase prefabricated modular houses has not kept pace with the industry’s progress, while cross-regional research on its determinants remains fragmented. This shortfall reflects not only consumer perceptions but also construction industry and technical challenges, constraining off-site production capacity and the technical solutions urban development needs to meet housing demand at scale. A PRISMA 2020 systematic review of Scopus, ScienceDirect, and Springer Nature retained seven studies (2003–2026; Asia, Hungary, Ghana), synthesized through Perceived Value Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior. Five factors shape purchase decisions—cost, product quality, technological innovation, sustainability performance, and esthetic appeal—with cost and product quality being universal across regions, technological innovation only in Hungary and Asia, sustainability performance in Ghana and China, and aesthetic appeal only in India, reflecting shared priorities and region-specific regulatory, climatic, and cultural contexts. The review proposes two constructs: a three-level hierarchy of basic, supporting, and deciding factors, and a perception–performance gap linking technical advantages to willingness to pay. Practically, these findings give manufacturers, developers, and policymakers a pathway: treating cost and quality as non-negotiable baselines, then positioning technological innovation and sustainability performance as integrated, regionally calibrated value rather than standalone novelties, narrowing the gap between construction capacity and market uptake.