We just caught wind of a beautiful new prefab that takes an innovative approach towards its own structural life-cycle. The Canada based Énóvo House features a sleek modular assembly that’s designed to evolve as the needs of its inhabitants change. [...] Read
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Silvio Rech & Lesley Carstens (Johannesburg). See a video of this project on YouTube.
” Design Indaba 08: here are images of housing designs by teams including Tom Dixon, Shigeru Ban, David Adjaye, Thomas Heatherwick And Klein Dytham for Design Indaba’s 10×10 Housing Project at Freedom Park in Cape Town.
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“ The SPORT is the original model from the awesome Swedish prefab company Pinc House. Some call it a sports cabin, some call it a classic Swedish bungalow. I don’t care what they’re classified as, I think they’re terrific. Shown here are random images from several houses in different locations. The SPORT range features houses, in various configurations, in two categories: Leisure and Residence, in sizes ranging from 20 to 160 m2.
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” ….A young, design-driven development firm, Brio54’s mission is to provide sustainable, affordable design while delivering high quality construction. Home buyers of all types will delight in Brio54’s wide variety of offerings - whether you live in a suburban area, are looking to refurbish or rehab, or have an empty urban infill lot. Brio54’s first prefab prototype, the H1, (pictured above) is currently in the final stage of planning, and construction is slated to begin production in the spring of 2008.
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” …Here’s the Port-a-Bach, from Atelier Workshop in New Zealand! It reminds me of BARK’s All-Terrain Cabin, in that it is created from a 20ft. shipping container. The Port-a-Bach portable cabin sleeps two adults and two children, is power, water and sewer independent, has one wall that folds down to create an open living space and folds back up to secure the unit for storage or relocation. It has a kitchen and complete bath, and can be hooked up to external services, as well. Awesome.
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” ….. Late yesterday, it was announced that the Technische Universität Darmstadt team from Germany took first prize. Congratulations! Word on the street is that this house was consistently swarmed with visitors the entire week. Rightfully so, too. The trademark feature of their home is the oak louvered frames, almost like plantation shutters, that surround the home. They’re built with integrated photovoltaics to provide that extra amount of solar power. Visitors also seemed to love the floor-integrated bed and storage system. With everything “Made in Germany,” the subtle touches and green materials are so compelling, so German-engineered. And as you can see from the images below, this team expects various applications for the home, from vertical loft to outdoor retreat, and everything in between.
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” The purpose of the project, prize winner of the Algeco contest “structures elementary”, is to combine with the constraints of surface a space quality, by creating a comfortable space of life at the height identity character. The various functions of the program are gathered in small units which expansent principal volume while being withdrawn like drawers: thus the kitchen, the bathroom, the hopper of entry, and the two rooms come to position out of satellite of only one central space.
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” There are tons of prefab design firms, manufacturers, and developers churning out cutting-edge modern modular designs, many using reclaimed shipping containers. We often hear complaints from you guys that good green prefab architecture is a bit out of reach for the average homeowner, so it’s great to see a small, family-oriented project that shows how you can do it yourself with a little ingenuity.
The DIY Zigloo Domestique integrates shipping containers, personal and sustainable touches, and lots of hard work. Keith Dewey, an architect based in British Columbia, designed, built, and documented the construction of his Zigloo Domestique home that epitomizes accessible, green, reclaimed, yet comfortable contemporary prefab architecture.” Inhabitat
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