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On Monday The New York Times featured a residential project in Germany by architect Daniel Libeskind.
The house is designed as three interlocking structures and most of the elements will be manufactured in a factory.
Interesting to note: Daniel Libeskind designed "the Jewish Museum Berlin and the master plan for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site in New York".
“I did everything in reverse in my career,” he said. “Most people start with small projects and go on to design a museum. I started with a museum.”
But he says residential design is “the more interesting part of architecture.”
“Too often we celebrate great civic institutions,” Mr. Libeskind continued, “but actually architecture is how people live and how well they live.”
Read the entire article for more.
Hat tip: Jetson Green on June 15, 2009.
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The Dwell blog reported on prefabs at the Milan Furniture Fair.
Contemporist covered the Huf Haus, a kit company in Germany:
...you can choose to put these post and beam homes together yourself, or Huf Haus will manage the whole project for you.
Curbed LA reports on 
Marmol Radziner:
The firm, known for its high-end prefab homes (such as their Desert Hot Springs prototype), will launch a new line of prefab models that will be priced 20-25 percent less than their existing line.
Apartment Therapy Re-Nest sang praises for MKD and shared a slideshow of Michelle Kaufmann's Glidehouse.
Inhabitat's Prefab Friday shared the Wings prefab from Jenesys Building Systems:
Wings is taking off in great prefab form.
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The Good Human's Prefab Wednesday posted a recap of 2007.
Inhabitat's Prefab Friday covered the German 'Option House':
Option is a fully functional, light-filled dwelling that delivers low-impact living in just 70 square meters [753 sf] of elegant and understated space.
Haute*Nature discussed the Sea Train House by Office of Mobile Design:
...an amazing example of how you can change the natural environment...
Jetson Green showed a video of a not-yet-built container home:
Looks pretty cool, but let's see if it gets made...
G Living TV says a Marmol Radziner Prefab is coming to Venice, CA:
Slated to begin production early next year, the exact location of the house is being kept secret. All we have at this stage are some specs: three bedrooms and 2,800 interior square footage with a 750 square foot deck.
