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Michael Sylvester is a writer who lives in both Los Angeles and an aisle seat, preferably in the exit row. On his pilgrimage to Dan Rockhill's Studio 804 in Lawrence, Kansas, to see its fabled prefab projects, he was feeling a bit self conscious being a Left Coast vegetarian in steak country. "In addition to their cool prefabs, there was a great vegan restaurant downtown. Who doesn't enjoy mixing good architecture with good food?" he says.

Dwell Home Venice: Part 22
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 19
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 18
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 17
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 16
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 15
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 14
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 13
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 12
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 8
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 7
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 5
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 3
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 2
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
Dwell Home Venice: Part 1
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
The Big Easy
Most prefab manufacturing facilities house loads of heavy machinery, but not every design must be constructed on the factory line.
Taking Care of Business
A look back through the history of prefab reveals a few failures that proved to be great opportunities for learning and...
Pretty Fabulous
In order to fairly evaluate the pros and cons of today’s prefab design, we broke it down according to various criteria.
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...