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Inspiration: Sustainable Houseboats by MetroShip

We were never boat people — parents never owned one, never could get up on water skis. But still, there's something about this Houseboat by MetroShip. We could stare at it for hours....

Smart Cabins: Energy Efficient Tiny House from SIPs

These smart cabins are built with SIPs (known for fast setup and high thermal efficiency), setup in "mere hours" and are reasonably priced....

The itHouse Prefab by Taalman Koch Architecture

Taalman Koch Architects recently completed work on their glass iT House, a lovely, minimal home that aims for simplicity, elegance, sustainable design and green principals in a new living site called ...

Knocking Down Prefab

Spotted over at Jetson Green: a point-by-point rebuttal of the ideal that prefab housing is cheaper, less wasteful, faster to build, and more green that conventionally built houses. And this isn't so...

HOM

OK, maybe it's just the Cor-ten siding, but we're really liking this greener take on the typical mobile home. Here are the green features:...

E-House by Envision Prefab

If we wanted to, we could probably post images of new green prefab here all day, every day. OK. Maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but there's a lot of great green prefab around these days. How...

Blogging Seattle Times: Prefab Apartments in Seattle?

Ever dreamed of living in a prefab home -- all sleek and modern? But then you thought to yourself "I rent and I don't intend to buy, and only homeowners with lots of money get to live in a Glidehous...

AT On... The Long History of Prefab

Prefab construction has been the way of the future for at least the past sixty years. We spent yesterday knee deep in dusty boxes in the archives of the Small Homes Council, which used to be a unit o...

Blogging the WSJ: Questioning the Promise of Prefab

Sara Lin uncovers some eye-opening numbers about prefab: Rocio Romero's sold 154 kits for her LV home. That's a roaring success compared to Dwell and Empyrean, which has sold only 20.Combined, that's...

Prefab Within Reach...Kithaus at DWR

The housing market goes retail. Starting today, this cozy abode designed by Tom Sandonato and Martin Wehmann is available from Design Within Reach. The size? 9x13. The price?......

EcoUrban Homes

EcoUrban Homes is a St. Louis-based startup building factory-assembled, green homes. We were encouraged to see green features in a reasonably well-designed and affordable home, and one that was certi...

NYT: MoMA Commissions PreFab Housing

The Museum of Modern Art has announced plans for an exhibition on the architecture of Pre-Fabrication. A recent recent New York Times discusses the plans for the exhibit in Is Prefab Fab? MoMA Plans...

Blogging Dwell: Hz so Good

It's almost common knowledge -- a lot of materials used in conventional construction can be hazardous to our health. Take glue and its volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for example. So, what if you co...