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The world of prefab and modular homes. |
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Jetson Green recently shared pictures of an 
Adam Kalkin container house in Maine from 2003:
The beautiful home stretches the boundaries of modern design and is truly a work of art. It was created by stacking a dozen orange "reclaimed" shipping containers in a T-shape while replacing some of the steel panels with large windows looking out over the rocky peninsula to Blue Hill Bay.
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G Living commented on the TrailerWrap project:
While the low cost motive behind the introduction of mobile homes in the mid-1900s was a good one, the execution was often aesthetically reprehensible, shoddily constructed and inefficient energy-wise. TrailerWrap set out to take these small, dilapidated (often abandoned) structures and re-fashion them into something exciting and remarkable, yet sustainable and affordable.
Freshome covered the Perrinepod:
a cute prefab home that can be built in just 3 days and withstand everything from earthquakes to cyclones.
The Good Human's Prefab Wednesday showed a prefab development in London that was covered last year on some of the other blogs.
Inhabitat's Prefab Friday featured the Single Hauz, a sort of house-meets-billboard:
...the idea takes shape in such a stylish little form that we can’t help ponder the challenge posed: how much space do you really need and where do you want it?
TreeHugger posted a video of Adam Kalkin speaking about containers, and looked back at their enthusiasm of three years ago.
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CubeMe covered the IKEA BoKlok housing system we've discussed.
The Good Human's Prefab Wednesday discussed the Quik House from Adam Kalkin:
"Although there is currently a 6 month waiting list, this looks like a very nice alternative to some of the more expensive prefab homes on the market."
Builder Online anticipates the West Coast Green Building Conference and the arrival of the mkLotus.
Jetson Green gave a sneak preview of a new prefab concept, the Nodul(ar) House, which is being announced this weekend at the Dwell on Design conference.
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Now here's a website that's full of character: Kalkin Quik House. It's a useful site that already answers most of our usual interview questions.
The Quik House "is a prefabricated kit house designed by Adam Kalkin from recycled shipping containers." Most of the info provided on the site is matter-of-fact, but some of the Q and A is more fun. In response to the question "what colors does the Quik House come in?", the answer is: "Orange or natural "Rust Bloom". For an additional cost, we can have your Quik House tagged by local graffiti artists." Check out the site for more details.
