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 pre-engineered structurally insulated panels in the floor and ceiling, with "hardwood floors, cork, or concrete or stone tile as floor covering," he said.

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Desert Utopia

With this elegant steel prototype, Marmol Radziner and Associates launch a new prefab venture with the goal of bringing their modern design sensibilities to a broader market.
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An Introduction to Prefab

The basic principle of prefab, whereby a home is fabricated in one location and then delivered to another, has been around for at least a few hundred years.
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FabPrefab

Modernist prefab is still more of a meme than a marketplace. Most projects are “in development” and relatively few prefabs are available for immediate purchase. While architects are…