Apartment Therapy Tagged: Michelle Kaufmann

Blu Homes Acquires Michelle Kaufmann Designs

In case you haven't already heard the green news, we wanted to let you know that Blu Homes has purchased all of the assets of mkDesigns. This is good for anyone who ever dreamed of living in an mkLo...

NEWS: Michelle Kaufmann Designs Closing
Los Angeles Times

We couldn't believe it when we read this piece of news yesterday: Michelle Kaufmann Designs is closing. As anyone who regularly reads this blog knows, we're constantly enamored by Kaufmann's green pre...

Inspiration: Michelle Kaufmann's legoSolaire

Leave it to Michelle Kaufmann to bring the fun back to green prefab. This is the legoSolaire, a super-realistic lego replica of the newly reopened Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit at Chicago’s M...

Book Review: Prefab Green

Attention fans of Michelle Kaufmann and fans of prefab design! And, also, fans of really beautiful photos ... We've got a book to suggest for you: Prefab Green by Michelle Kaufmann and Cathy Remick. ...

Smart Home Halloween Event
Chicago

Have you been Michelle Kaufmann’s Smart Home yet? If not, this Saturday the Smart Home will be having a fall harvest festival just in time for Halloween and the changing seasons. There will be a far...

Michelle Kaufmann Announces mkHearth

There aren't a lot of celebrities in the green building world -- Michelle Kaufmann is about as close as it gets. So when she announces a new prefab design, we pay attention. This is the mkHearth....

How To… Make an Eco Outdoor Fire

Just because it’s getting colder doesn’t mean you need stay indoors. Michelle Kaufmann, the brains behind the mkLotus and the Smart Home, has devised an inexpensive and environmentally friendly wa...

Michelle Kaufmann: Smart Home in 90 Seconds

Two things green building enthusiasts always talk about when it comes to modular homes is how little waste is created during construction and, often, how quickly the homes go up once they're delivered...

Michelle Kaufmann: Nutrition Labels for Homes

What if you were in the market to buy a home and your No 1 priority was to be sure that you were investing all your hard-earned money into a place that was energy-efficient? Would a gigantic nutrit...

Prairie Mod Podcast with Michelle Kaufmann

Michelle Kaufmann's Smart Home opens to the public for tours TODAY at the Museum of Science and Industry. While Kaufmann was in town finishing up the details on the installation, PrairieMod intervie...

Green Tour: Michelle Kaufmann's Very Own Glidehouse

Name: Michelle Kaufmann Location: Novato, Ca Size: 1560 sq/ft Years lived in: 4 Average gas/electric bill: $0 >> Enter Slideshow! We remember where we were when it happened: It was a windy f...

How to: Build Michelle Kaufmann's WaterWall

Over on her blog, green prefab guru Michelle Kaufmann is posting all kinds of cool Earth Day activities. One of our favorites so far is the WaterWall -- clean, attractive, not overly complicated, ...

mkPURE by Michelle Kaufmann Designs

When we toured Michelle Kaufmann's mkLotus, one of our favorite touches, hands down, was the bathroom sink. It was beautiful, sleek, subtle, modern ... the perfect reflection of Michelle Kaufmann's ...

Hey Chicago!: mkSolaire at Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

Hey Chicago, mark your calendars! Something very cool is coming your way. According to a recent press release from the people over at Michelle Kaufmann Designs, Kaufmann's new mkSolaire will be on ...

The Library: Fine Homebuilding's Energy-Smart Homes

If you buy one magazine this year, it should be The Best of Fine Homebuilding: Energy-Smart Homes. At $8.99, it's a bit steep, but it's a collection of the best articles from a year of Fine Homebuild...

October Best Posts: mkLotus at West Coast Green, Building Green in Vermont, Live Lightly Tour

In October, we toured Raedia and Ian's beautiful new and green house in Vermont, Michelle Kaufmann's mkLotus house at West Coast Green, and shared a story about a vegetable-oil powered RV on a dif...

Prefab Gingerbread by Michelle Kaufmann

We're big fans of Michelle Kaufmann. We loved the Glidehouse and we fell head over heels for the mkLotus. Now we're drooling over her latest creation -- the gingerLotus. Yes, a gingerbread replica o...