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Joel Turkel on the Future of Prefab
The future of prefab is an increasingly nonarchitectural problem.
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Leo Marmol on the Future of Prefab
More and more people are coming to us informed about the complete benefits of prefab construction.
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Peter DeMaria on the Future of Prefab
Some people assume that yet-to-be-invented high-tech materials and systems will be the saviors of our construction industry.
Products
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Prefab Prototypes: Site-Specific Design for Offsite Construction
A detailed guide to six different prefab systems, weighing the pros and cons of each and explaining how they work.
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Indego Africa Wine Bag
Wine is a go-to for gifting, and we are all for adding a little something extra to your two-buck-Chuck. These Dutch wax cloth bags are beautiful and come with a bit of history, too; They're…
Dwell Collections
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Mapping Prefab
In just under ten years, dozens of prefab projects from all over the world have graced the pages of Dwell. We sifted through our archives to find some of our best-loved pieces, revisiting stories…
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South Africa: Design Indaba 2010
The annual Design Indaba Expo, held last weekend in Cape Town, South Africa, focuses solely on domestic talents. Some of these designs are available in American outlets like Anthropologie…
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Building Green in Harlem
Videos
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The Future of Play
For an article on the future of playground design, appearing in the December/January 2009 "Future" issue, artists Mike Perry and Jim Stoten not only collaborated on the illustration that…
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The Future of Driving
San Francisco–based industrial designers Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers sit down with Dwell's Editor-in-Chief, Sam Grawe, to talk about their thoughts on the future of transportation.
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Building Green in Harlem: A Green Brownstone?
In this video series, Dwell follows a New York couple with a passion for building green through the challenges—and triumphs—of renovation, from finding the design-build team to…
Events
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Living Future
Living Future, the Unconference for deep green building professionals, is the Cascadia Region Green Building Council’s signature event focused on identifying real solutions that will create…
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Future Cities
IJNR, The International Journal of Neighbourhood Renewal is pleased to announce the staging of Future Cities, a New Annual Conference Series dedicated to the sustainable development of our Cities…
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Sustainable Futures
This exhibition showcases a range of design and architecture projects that explore the most important issues associated with sustainability. Celebrated through a selection of pioneering and forward…
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Prefab Prototypes: Site-Specific Design for Offsite Construction
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Indego Africa Wine Bag
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I love where prefab is going. So many innovate design ideas are being generated, many at a reasonable cost.
Nice article! It’s good to see articles like this where public gets an insight into remote cultures and how Westerners can get involved. Preserving the vernacular traditions of any cultural heritage is good in its own right hence seeing that materials for these prefab structures are indigenous and easily sourced locally, in this case in Ethiopia, is definitely a positive use of local resources. Aside that, architects and builders can always find inspiration in vernacular solutions and native house styles, including Third World, and use them in house design and construction elsewhere.
Hi there, do you have contact details for Fred or an address for his practice. I am interested to build a structure in Malawi and I would love to speak with Fred about this. Dave
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