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Connect Homes wants to change the world of prefab. Since the it’s run by architects with pedigrees that include time spent at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, the company’s in a good position to ...

It looks as sophisticated and luxurious as a mansion, yet it's a simple, prefab, transportable home. It's even better than an exotic vacation resort when it comes to connecting with nature and ...

I first met Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake at a conference about modern prefab in Austin, Texas, where there was great excitement about the idea of making green, modern prefab designed by ...

Design magazines love them. So do movie stars and environmental activists. New technology, including the use of robots in factories, makes them even easier to build. So why are advocates of prefab ...

What began as a business converting old shipping containers has evolved into a full-fledged modular construction company led by Modern Modular co-founder Dustin Anderson.

The collaboration is reminiscent of the Case Study Program that took place in Los Angeles during the mid-20th century, which produced some of architecture’s most iconic homes from the period’s most ...

Ninety-eight years ago Frank Lloyd Wright launched a pioneering scheme to build prefabricated homes with pre-cut framing, cabinets and other factory-made parts. Based on building practices he’d seen ...

Prefabricated design has been around since at least the 1940’s, but has lately seen resurgence in popularity. By assembling off-site, prefab gives homebuyers attractive alternatives to the standard ...

April 25, 2006 — -- Mention the phrase "prefab house" at a cocktail party, and you'll likely hear jokes about double-wide trailers and mobile-home parks. But a new wave of architects, designers ...

Architects' answer to efficient design is the prefab home, which has been both a design sensation and a cookie-cutter bore over the years. A... Prefab: From Utilitarian Home To Design Icon Some of the ...

Design magazines love them. So do movie stars and environmental activists. New technology, including the use of robots in factories, makes them even easier to build. So why are advocates of prefab ...