Design and architecture inspiration for modern homes from Dwell.

At Home in the Modern World

2009 Issues

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The Prefab Issue

Real Homes for Real People

February 2009, Vol. 09 Issue 03,

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Out Back

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From city slickers to country bumpkins, homeowners have always longed for a special place from which to escape the toils of day-to-day life.

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Massie Produced

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Art object or machine for living in Architect William Massie’s personal prefab project takes the mass out of mass customization to create a one-of-a-kind wonder.

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Swiss Mix

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Built for a young family of Spartan-minded clients, architect Felix Oesch's spare, concrete prefab outside of Zurich is a marvel of clean living.

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Sum of Its Parts

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Taking cues from traditional Swedish rooflines but rejecting the precedent of subpar prefab, Claesson Koivisto Rune bring light and style to their "site-generic" design.

Process

Marmol Radziner Prefab

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Amid the industrial expanse of Vernon, California, Marmol Radziner Prefab’s factory-built homes are pieced together in a process akin to the assembly lines made famous by Henry Ford.

Off the Grid

Sweet Nothing

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We’re heading into an uncertain future, but two things are clear: Technology is getting better and the environment is getting worse. Fortunately, the former offers solutions for the latter…

My House

Take Me Home

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A “tree house” of clean lines, ample glass, and thoughtful ingenuity lets a Washington, DC–area family and a stream of weekend guests enjoy prefab living in an unlikely locale:…

101

101 Prefab

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Everything you wanted to know about prefab but were afraid to ask! We've tapped the brain behind popular web resource FabPreFab to explain the birds and bees of manufactured housing.

Essay

The Prefab Decade

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Founding Dwell editor-in-chief Karrie Jacobs visited MoMA's Home Delivery exhibition and finds that prefab might not change our homes, but it could change our architects.

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