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The world of prefab and modular homes. |
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| trailerwrap.net |
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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| pod.perrine.com.au/ |
The perrinepod is a prefab product out of Australia made from a precast concrete shell. While the pods are heavy, assembly takes just three days and the pods are engineered to stack up to 30 units high.
PerthNow reported on the house last week:
"Here's something for the 'I want it now' generation - a house that can be erected in three days. But this is no flimsy, mail order, do-it-yourself number, the Perrinepod is made from pre-cast, pre-stressed and tensioned concrete and is cyclone and earthquake proof."Worth noting:
"With more than 100 orders on his books already, including some from resorts, developers and other corporate groups, Perrine is quite confident the pod will take off."
Inhabitat was impressed.
Materialicio.us was too.
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| marmolradzinerprefab.com |
The Good Human's Prefab Wednesday enjoys the designs from Marmol Radziner Prefab, but wants something affordable:
"I would really like to see an affordable, attractive and modern prefab house come on to the market. As much as I love all these designs, the price just puts it outside the realm of possibility for us and most other people."
A blog called cobalt_blue praises prefab and the LV Series from Rocio Romero:
"Years ago, I had no concept of the words 'prefab housing' meant. I thought that it was a fancy euphemism for what we call a trailer home, or doublewide. This is until I had heard the words 'Rocio Romero' and the 'LV Home' mentioned in an article."Read the whole thing (875 words).
Collin Dunn unleashes the snark (and wild exaggeration, e.g. "99.99%") on Treehugger's blog at the Sundance Channel, with several links to prefab coverage on Treehugger.com.
Inhabitat's Prefab Friday covers the perrinepod, which we'll look at in more detail shortly.
