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Prefab News

Prefab

 
Prefab (or prefabricated) homes are factory-built structures that are generally modernist in style, customizable and boast an array of (often optional) design elements meant to reduce a homeowner’s environmental impact.
 
The manufacture of prefab dwellings is eco-friendly in comparison to traditional home building in that construction waste is minimized and the homes are precision-built to include energy-efficient and sustainable features that would otherwise be difficult to incorporate when building on-site.
 
Additionally, modern prefab homes offer great versatility and mobility than traditional homes.
 
(Text by Matt Hickman)
Photo: RO/LU/Flickr

Articles about Prefab

  • A great 'idea' reborn: Classic prefab returns as Sunset showhouse

    Tue, May 01 2012 at 12:26 PM

    Having received a glorious upgrade from modular builder Blu Homes, Michelle Kaufmann's prefab classic, the Breezehouse, will be unveiled this summer in Sonoma County as the 2012 Sunset Idea House.

  • Playing catch up: Happy B'earth Day to you

    Fri, Apr 20 2012 at 10:24 AM

    A fresh batch of green home and garden links for this Earth Day weekend: Craft cops, Dick Clark's crazy cave house, a Southern California green prefab firm goes to Canada and much more.

  • Paper, plastic, prefab: El Cerrito gets LEED Platinum recycling center

    Wed, Apr 18 2012 at 8:21 PM

    Is the coolest new green prefab project in the Bay Area a recycling facility? From the looks of the soon-to-open El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, I'm leaning towards 'yes.'

  • Shower power: Disaster-resilient prototype home completed in New Orleans

    Thu, Apr 05 2012 at 2:49 PM

    Sunshower SSIP House, an eye-catching, dual-roofed prefab abode that's designed to withstand the gnarliest of weather events, is completed in the Lakewood section of New Orleans.

  • EcoPERCH: A ground level treehouse retreat

    Wed, Mar 07 2012 at 1:14 PM

    Luxury treehouse outfitter Blue Forest unveils EcoPERCH, a curvy and wood-clad prefab retreat that doesn't necessarily need to be elevated high above the forest floor in accordance to Ewokian building codes.

  • Evergreen homes: Alley House 2

    Tue, Mar 06 2012 at 2:20 PM

    When describing March's featured 'Evergreen home,' resisting alliteration is futile: A magnificent, modern modular home in Madison Valley that's currently on the market for over half a million.

  • Playing catch up: And the winning link is ...

    Fri, Feb 24 2012 at 5:58 PM

    This Oscar weekend, take a quick break from trying to cram in all the nominated films that you haven't seen (in this blogger's case, every single one) to enjoy a fresh batch of green home news items.

  • Watch: Small equals smart for San Francisco housing developer

    Tue, Feb 21 2012 at 6:00 PM

    Squeeze on in for a tour of SmartSpace 1.0, eco-housing developer Patrick Kennedy's tiny — 160 square feet, the smallest legal size for an apartment in California — prefab prototype dwelling.

  • LivingHomes goes low-impact, low-cost with C6

    Fri, Feb 17 2012 at 2:04 PM

    In collaboration with Brad Pitt's Make It Right foundation and William McDonough, Santa Monica-based green prefab powerhouse LivingHomes debuts the C6, a LEED Platinum prefab home starting at $179,000.

  • Tetra Shed: For all of your home office and adult time-out needs

    Thu, Dec 01 2011 at 5:26 PM

    Joining the ranks of backyard bubbles, boxes and pods comes the Tetra Shed, a modular 'modern garden office' that looks rather foreboding when 'folded' up but plenty inviting when it's open for business.

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