4.13.2006

Prefab + Modular

:: alchemy architects - architectural firm in saint paul, minnesota and home of the 'weehouse'a small prefab that is the home of stephanie arado, violinist with the minnesota orchestra and her son, amery ::

:: bachkit- prefab home manufacturer in new zealand. not currently available in the u.s. ::

:: call it home: the house that private enterprise built - produced by keller easterling and richard prelinger. a history of suburbia from 1934-1960 including a section on prefabs that is really interesting ::

:: dwell home invitational - a competition launched by dwell magazine "for a modern prefab prototype home designed for mass production" ::

:: fab prefab - a new web resource dedicated to tracking developments in the modernist prefab dwelling marketplace - lots of good resources ::

:: face design - makers of a prototype prefab constructed using a steel tube frame and sips ::

:: loft cube - a customizable prefab home protoype built in berlin by designer werner aisslinger ::

:: m-house - prefab home available in the uk ::

:: mod-eco - jennifer siegal's office of mobile design has announced a partnership with mod-eco to focus on bringing omd's manufactured, modular and mobile architecture to the public. omd's swellhouse and portable house are both profiled here ::

:: modular dwellings - an experiment in modular, portable, low-cost housing. creator edward blazona's (owner of design firm 1994) venture into guerilla architecture. as they are now, they would work well as a small studio space or rustic cabin (think ice-fishing) ::

:: mk architecture - san francisco architects working on a green prefab home, the 'glide house' ::

:: next level housing - "our mission is to facilitate the use of modern prefab architecture for sustainable and affordable development applications, such as rooftop additions, air rights, brownfields, and other urban infill." ::

:: nottoscale.com - home of the vw house, a prototype prefabab and modular home that
incorporates basic production principles from the automobile industry
into architecture. interesting page on the philosophy of their project, including site
and community and ecology ::

:: prefab - amazon listing for the book by dwell editor-in-chief allison arieff and bryan burkhart ::

:: rocio romero - home of the LV home. check livemodern for purchase info ::

:: royal homes - a custom home builder that utilizes prefab technology. recently introduced the royal q series, a line of modernist ::

:: royal homes toronto - new, views, links and articles about royal homes,
pre-engineered housing and residential design ::

:: sear's modern homes - a site about prefab homes sold between 1908 and 1940 through sears’s modern homes program ::

:: seigal office of mobile design - design firm that focuses on making mobile design. designers of the portable house ::

:: smartshax - prefab available in australia ::

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