Tag Archive for "Prefab"

Superior Shelter From the Storm

Days after Hurricane Katrina, Michael McDaniel was grabbing a cup of coffee. Pondering how to build a better shelter for the countless displaced citizens, he had an idea: why not make a shelter that could be stacked and assembled like.

David Friedlander
Architecture
Mar 13, 2014
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It’s Fun to Live at the Y:Cube

In the quest to provide much needed affordable housing to London, architecture firm Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners, in conjunction with YMCA London South West, has designed the Y:Cube. The simple 26 sq meter (279 sq ft) house is, according to the.

Single Family Home V 2.0

Multi-family housing and large buildings are, in most any possible scenario, going to be the most energy efficient form of housing out there. Multiple floors and dwelling units allow greater population density, reducing encroachment on nature and curbing sprawl and.

David Friedlander
Architecture
Oct 31, 2013
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The World Changing Ten Foot Cube

A new venture called NOMAD Micro Homes has designed a house that features all necessary living functions in a sleek, 10′ x 10′ package. The tiny house can be adapted for PV cells, rainwater collection and grey water treatment, giving it the.

David Friedlander
Architecture
Aug 13, 2013
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Shipping Containers Deliver Innovative, Elegant Homes

There have been many variations on the theme of converting shipping containers into homes, but few are as elegant or practical as this one by Vancouver’s Atira Women’s Resource Society. The just completed building contains 12 studio units, sized from 280-290 sq ft,.

David Friedlander
Architecture
Jun 5, 2013
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The Half-Mile High City

If you’re a high-density housing fanatic, the best direction to build is up. The logic follows that if you build up, you fit more people into less land area, resulting is less commuting, greater efficiency for things like power delivery.

David Friedlander
Architecture
Jun 3, 2013
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X Marks the House

Okay, maybe “t” is the more accurate letter, but any way you look at it, these tiny housing modules show an interesting, prefabricated, highly-scaleable housing solution. We use the term “solution” as their current incarnation might be a tough places.

Prefab, Off Grid and Nowhere to Go

A reader tipped us off to this tiny home called SMO (Sklopivi Mobilni Objekt, or folding mobile house). Designed by Croatian architect Ivica Gjurić, the home is primarily intended as a vacation residence. It is a mere 258 sq ft;.