Tips
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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Dwellings
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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101
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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Organization
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…
Articles
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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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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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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.
Events
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University of Houston Symposium: Concrete Utopias
The 1960s was a period of incredible change and momentous accomplishments. It also was a decade for groundbreaking ideas in architecture and urban planning. Scholars and architects will reflect on…
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Prefab Education Workshop
Join Ryan E. Smith, professor of architectural technology and author of Prefab Architecture, in the Prefab Education workshop on January 13th, 2012. Learn about the history of industrialized…
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.
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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Architect Peter Cohen's Floor Plans
In addition to the wonderful letters architect Peter Cohen sent to Editor Aaron Britt while he was working on a feature story on his home, Maison Amtrak, he also sent in drawings of the four other…
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