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Article

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  101 Prefab

  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.

Products

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  Method Custom Prefab

  Using innovative and sustainable techniques and materials, Method can design and build custom prefab solutions for homeowners, architects, developers and other prefab home companies. If you have a…

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  Origo Mix Bowl

  Do not adjust your magazine. The Technicolor graphics on this porcelain bowl are just a test of the Emergency Breakfast System. For Origo’s tenth anniversary Alfredo Häberli remixed the…

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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.

Dwell Collection

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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…

Video

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  Design Leader: Michelle Kaufmann

  As part of our Design Leaders video series, prefab specialist Michelle Kaufmann shares her philosophy on sustainable modular construction.

Tips

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  Think Smaller. Think Efficient.

  Don’t target a prefab project and forget to adapt your wish list to fit the capabilities of the task at hand. A prefabricated house or commercial project has certain limitations, one of which…

• Go for SIPs Over Concrete Flooring

  When Leo Marmol built his company's prototypical Desert House, he found that concrete was too heavy, to slow to install, and tended to crack. From that point forward, he decided to use…

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  The More Complete, the More Prefab

  There are quite a few companies out there that are marketing “prefab” but not all of them are designing and producing entirely finished products. Many projects we have seen appear to be…