Michelle Kaufmann, as you probably know, is an architect, designer, and advocate for smarter and more sustainable designs. mkDesigns actually led the movement towards prefabricated green homes. We ...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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, 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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