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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

  • Cargotecture: Sunset's shipping (container) news

    Thu, Jun 09 2011 at 4:30 PM

    West Coast shelter bible Sunset teams up with prefab firm HyBrid Architecture to premiere the 2011 Sunset Idea Home, Cargotecture, at Celebration Weekend in Menlo Park.

  • Modular McMansion assembled in a day

    Mon, Jun 06 2011 at 1:38 PM

    Watch — complete with zippy musical accompaniment — a 6,300-square foot, LEED-certified luxury home in Bethesda, Md., take shape in less than 24 hours.

  • Keeping it in the (multi)family: Los Altos LivingHome

    Mon, May 23 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Green prefab firm LivingHomes completes its second multifamily project: A Ray Kappe-designed, LEED Platinum triplex in Los Altos, Calif.

  • Chicago's brainiest green showcase home reopens

    Wed, Apr 27 2011 at 6:45 PM

    Looking to partake in a bit of green real estate voyeurism without any pressure to buy? Then get yourself to the Gizmodo-curated 2011 Smart Home exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

  • Green mobile home living comes to Santa Monica

    Thu, Mar 03 2011 at 3:03 PM

    Marmol Radziner Prefab, a high-end modular home firm, designs 20 affordable prefab rental homes for Santa Monica's Mountain View Mobile Home Park.

  • A BubbleRoom of one's own

    Wed, Mar 02 2011 at 4:07 PM

    BubbleTrees are portable, prefab dwellings meant for fancy camping trips, but you also could inflate one in your backyard as a see-through garden retreat.

  • Modular madness hits Seattle

    Thu, Jan 06 2011 at 9:15 AM

    A super-efficient, three-bedroom prefab home in Seattle installed in only 6 hours as an urban infill project is on track for LEED Platinum certification.

  • Playing catch up: An American Transcendentalist and a Swiss architect walk into a bar ...

    Sat, Dec 11 2010 at 2:25 PM

    A green prefab cabin in Texas that pays homage to both Thoreau and Le Corbusier leads this week's green home news roundup. Plus, teepees for cats and rye bread-inspired Latvian abodes.

  • MEKA makes waves in NYC

    Thu, Nov 18 2010 at 9:30 AM

    A handsome and affordable shipping container home manages to accomplish a rare feat: It captures the attention of harried, seen-it-all New Yorkers.

  • Playing catch up: Night of the living green

    Fri, Oct 29 2010 at 1:50 PM

    Feeling like you can't escape Halloween news? Find temporary shelter from everything relating to candy, zombies and Snooki costumes with this week's green home news roundup.

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