August 23rd, 2007 | Tags Green, Prefab
via Youmeheshe
Dwell: … dubbed “7.83 Hz” after the idea to create a home that matches the natural frequency of our planet… Architects Simon Beames and Simon Dickens’ London-based practice, Youmeheshe, was set up to develop an innovative and potentially revolutionary design, which would make a carbon-neutral, eco-friendly prefab house available to the mass market. Yet the two Simons are still unsure how exactly to pitch the idea to a nation that has accepted organic vegetables but has yet to fully embrace the Prius. In ten years’ time the idea will doubtless sell itself, but today the two innovators are way ahead of the curve.
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August 14th, 2007 | Tags Modern
via Architecture and Hygiene
Architect Adam Kalkin’s Bunny Lane House is a house with a traditional two-story house inside of it.
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August 13th, 2007 | Tags Modern
via Fernlund + Logan
Fernlund + Logan: The studio was built at the wooded end of a 1-acre lot, belonging to an old, federal-style house. The building is approached by a winding path from the garden and through the trees. By submerging the studio in a natural slope, the building’s presence in the landscape has been minimized. The interior reveals unexpectedly high ceilings and a large north-facing skylight, which brings the tree canopy and sky into the room. Glass doors facing east and south frame selected views of trees and wetlands. The wood-clad exterior, painted gray and combined with lead-coated copper roofing, results in a building that recedes into its surroundings.
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August 12th, 2007 | Tags Prefab
via Slate
Slate: In the last few years, prefabs have reappeared, in shelter magazines and coffee-table books. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis even made prefab houses the subject of an exhibition. These hip new modular homes—Business Week referred to them as “glamorous”—have names like KitHaus, Flatpak, and Breezehouse. The SU-SI house, produced by KFN Products in Austria and shown here being lifted onto a foundation in rural New York state, is typical of the genre: stylish, clean-cut, and about $100 a square foot (site work not included). This is more than twice the price of a commercial builder house, but never mind; the current vogue for prefabs is more about industrial chic than affordability.
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August 8th, 2007 | Tags Modern, Green
via 12.5
Designed by award winning firm Holst Architecture and built by local ‘green’ builder Barrs & Genauer Construction, Inc., 12.5 makes responsible living not just about how you live, but where. Building quality-constructed condominiums to maximize resource and energy efficiency, support sustainability and recycling, and encourage commuting options. The unique building configuration of 12.5 creates a private drive court and front porch for each of our full-depth units. And because all 12.5 homes feature east and west-facing windows, natural light is the natural result.
Located in Portland, Oregon between the historic Irvington neighborhood and booming MLK corridor 12.5 allows easy downtown and public transit access.
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August 4th, 2007 | Tags Modern, Green, Prefab
via Zigloo
Keith Dewey: A combination of prefabricated containers and traditional wood frame building systems. Six 8’x20’ shipping containers stacked together to create the bulk of the house and one 8’x20’ container on stilts providing space for the home office.
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July 27th, 2007 | Tags Modern, Green
via BLIP Design
In the end the project was a success because the demographic that was interested in the house (the owners that bought it, along with others) said it stood out from other projects because of the extent of green-ness incorporated into its design and construction. Builders in the Seattle area often market their homes as “green” because they have 1 or 2 sustainable “features,” but the Phinney House is sustainable throughout, and the FSC-certified wood used in it was an important part of that.
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July 23rd, 2007 | Tags Modern, Prefab
via Modern Modular Home
The Modern Modular Home web site has documented the construction of a modern modular home built in rural Virginia. Designed by Res4.
Also, A Prefab Project is blogging about the construction of another Res4 design in Lost River, West Virginia.
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July 17th, 2007 | Tags Green
via TrailerWrap
TrailerWrap explores the potential for providing affordable housing through the adaptive reuse and recycling of existing mobile homes. Addressing issues of sustainability and energy efficiency, the TrailerWrap project seeks to create exciting, small-scale, and affordable architecture with a social and environmental conscience. It also engages young people in an experiential learning experience that helps address the local need for low-cost housing in collaboration with community partners.
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