Designed to achieve LEED certification and pre-built in a factory, the prefab houses from Marmol Radziner are what prefabs are supposed to be. Modern, beautiful and custom designed for you, they are not cheap…but the view on this house is priceless so maybe that is part of the budget. (kidding…) Here is a picture of [...]
Over at the blog A Prefab Project you can follow along with the construction diary of prefab cabin in Lost River, West Virginia. It is supposed to be finished the beginning of this month, so hopefully they will put up some finished photographs very soon. The blog was started back in December of 2006 with [...]
This weeks “prefab” house is from Taalman Koch, an architecture design company here in Los Angeles. I put prefab in quotes because it is not a true prefab house, but rather one made from panels and giant pieces of metal. The house being featured is the “iT House”. While there is not a ton of [...]
Came across this last night and figured I would share, pretty interesting little video about the Hive Modular homes.
Well, it looks like Michelle Kaufmann has done it again with the introduction of the mkLotus prefab house. As I have mentioned before, Kaufmann’s designs are among my absolute favorites in the prefab world, even if they are a tad pricey. This new mkLotus design is spectacular, with lots of natural light, windows and doors [...]
Have a spare trailer sitting in your backyard collecting dust and bugs? Want to turn it into that modern abode you always wanted but could not afford? Then you might want to check out the TrailerWrap Project at the University of Colorado at Denver. Their goal is to develop a series of parts in a [...]
While not a “true” prefab house, the Cube 5 from H-Haus is assembled on site but made in a factory to exacting specifications. Made out of mostly steel, the house sports two bedrooms with private balconies, gas fireplaces in the lounge and master suite, super insulated walls and roof, thermopane windows and glass doors with [...]
