LAist

Prefab: From Utilitarian Home To Design Icon

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Concord Monitor

Prefab houses were once the ‘holy grail of design.’ So why aren’t there more of them?

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Pocono Record

Prefab houses were once the 'holy grail of design.' So why aren't there more of them?

Design magazines love them. So do movie stars and environmental activists. New technology, including the use of robots in factories, makes them even easier to build. So why are advocates of prefab ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Hip housing: Prefabricated homes — now considered cool — are as easy on the eyes as ...

Design magazines love them. So do movie stars and environmental activists. New technology, including the use of robots in factories, makes them even easier to build. So why are advocates of prefab ...
Seattle Times

Prefab houses were once the ‘holy grail of design.’ So why aren’t there more of them?

Design magazines love them. So do movie stars and environmental activists. New technology, including the use of robots in factories, makes them even easier to build. So why are advocates of prefab ...

This Prefab Home’s Cementlike Finish? It’s Actually Rice Husks

Architect Samuel Gonçalves used composite panels made from the biomaterial to create a brutalist-style home south of Porto.
Los Angeles Times

The fans of prefab get real

ALLISON ARIEFF wrote the book “Prefab” in 2002, chronicling the history of prefabricated houses and mapping the possible future of environmentally responsible modular home design and fabrication.
TreeHugger

The Prefab Dream: Talented Architects Working With a Great Builder Offering Original Designs

I first met Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake at a conference about modern prefab in Austin, Texas, where there was great excitement about the idea of making green, modern prefab designed by ...
New Atlas

Modular prefab tiny home installed in your backyard in 2 weeks

UK-based design studio Koto has recently joined forces with American home-builders Abodu to create a prefabricated tiny house that can be installed onsite in two weeks. Dubbed Koto X Abodu, the 495-sq ...
CNN

Prefab designs: Made in Asia, for Asia

The modern history of prefabs is steeped in the architectural traditions of the West. From the reconstruction of post-war Britain to the housing shortages of America’s industrial cities, factory-built ...
Yahoo

8 Prefab Homes You Can Build in 3 Days or Less

Call it a mother-in-law suite, a granny flat, a guest house, a backyard office, an accessory dwelling unit, or just your own sweet compact home. Whichever name you choose for it, there’s no denying ...