The Hannahs dine with Lange’s dog, Cloudy, on one of the courtyard patios that Rogers added to let tenants take advantage of Marfa’s (mostly) pleasant weather. The metal siding and roofing are from Mueller, while the paint is from Benjamin Moore.
Summary turned some of the concrete modules on their sides to create two-story cabins.
The 1-bedroom Cosmic models boast a rooftop terrace for added space and scenic views.
ESCAPE's new line of all-electric tiny homes are finished with white birch flooring, walls, and ceilings. The pale wood tone offers a fresh aesthetic that ties to nature.
Project Name: Seafoam 2010
All of Scott Palamar’s selections and customizations brought the total to $150,000 for the 640-square-foot home and surrounding land. “I feel like I struck on such a novel solution because I was able to afford a home tailored to my lifestyle,” he says.
Project Name: Kenyon Residence
Website: www.protohomes.com
Blu Homes's new prefab in Joshua Tree, California.
Project Name: Martis Camp, CA
Website: www.cleverhomes.net
Project Name: Aegean 640
Manufactured with up to 70 percent recycled steel, the hybrid prefab Graham Residence by Blue Sky Building System limits construction waste to the factory, where it's recycled.
The large windows let in fresh breezes and provide an opportunity for the owners to jump out of the house and into the water.
This home's prefabricated components were all made in Marmol Radziner’s home-building factory near Los Angeles, and trucked over to the one-and-a-half-acre site.
A Simple Plan
A Marmol Radziner–designed prefab house, trucked onto a remote Northern California site, takes the pain out of the construction process.
Saugerties Residence floor plan
Steel plate makes for an ultra-low-profile countertop and echoes the steel used inside and out.
Breakfast bar seating lies next to a tiny, efficient kitchen.
The 750-square-foot accessory dwelling unit (ADU) that Bo Sundius and Hisako Ichiki of BunchADU designed in Los Angeles’s Atwater Village is filled with bright colors that help to designate the spaces within the small backyard home.
Builders, developers, designers, and architects have developed a range of homes that are composed of prefabricated, modular, or kit-of-parts pieces that can allow for lower costs, faster and easier on-site construction, and even higher quality spaces. Here, we delve into the differences—and similarities—among these manufactured residences.
Located seven miles from Frank Lloyd Wright’s estate, Tim Wright and Karen Ellzey’s prefab home is meant to pay homage to the great American architect’s experiments with modular housing.
Mineral wool insulation and energy-efficient SIP construction makes the KODA units suitable for year-round use.
Bleached walnut replaced cold concrete floors in this family-friendly renovation of a dated loft in West Chelsea’s late 19th-century Spears Building. To make the loft feel more welcoming, architects Ravi Raj and Evan Watts toned down the heavy industrial elements of the 2,700-square-foot loft with a warmer and lighter palette and added custom built-ins for a streamlined look. At the same time, the loft still preserves much of its historic appeal—from the exposed brick seen throughout the home to the oversized openings left intact.
A pathway winds between a pair of Japanese maples and a myrtle tree that dates to the home’s original construction. The floor-to-ceiling windows and sliders are by Fleetwood.
Minarc’s GRASSsit bar stools, topped with synthetic turf recycled from football fields, sit near the barbecue.