Latest Stories in Modular Design - Page 12
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Solar Powered Prefab Dresses in Layers Like A Camper or Hiker
"The Search for The Perfect Assembly-line House"- That is how John Bentley Mays, architecture critic of the Globe and Mail, describes the work of architectural firm rvtr. They won the Prix de Rome, Canada's big architecture prize last week, for their
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Theater Space Built From 28 Shipping Containers
I have always been a bit dubious about shipping containers as architectural elements; my dad used to make them and I grew up around them, and thought that the dimensions were all wrong for people; there was not much
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Refab Prefab For Sale on eBay with Proceeds to Habitat for Humanity
We mentioned Reclaimed Space in our review of What's New in Modern Prefab slideshow, noting that it deserves a full post. This isn't it; this is recognition of their very clever and generous way of unloading the prefab they took to Dwell on Design:
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Daniel Libeskind Does Sustainable, Affordable Prefab...Not!
Daniel Libeskind does modern prefab with the first of the Studio Series, a 515 square metre (5,500 square foot) number that Libeskind claims is built to "the highest level of sustainability in the world." It has solar power, "the maximum amount of
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Project Frog Breaks Ground at Watkinson School
Jim Kunstler, in his speech at the Ontario Heritage Conference, complained that we build schools like prisons; tiny windows, controlled access, high fences. "You are telling children that education is punishment when you
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Modern Prefab On The Ropes: Michelle Kaufmann Packs It In
A year ago I wrote that modern prefab had lived fast, died young and left a good looking corpse. But I thought if anyone would survive it would be Michelle Kaufmann, the queen of prefab design and
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What's New in Modern Prefab
We used to show a lot of modern prefab, but is has fallen off the radar as of late, as we become more concerned about how we will get to where we build as well as the way we build. It used to be enough that something was built in the factory with
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Michelle Kaufmann Invades Yet Another Medium
Architecture is an art, a science and a profession, but it is also a business. Green modern prefab design is a niche of a niche business. That is why I admire Michelle Kaufmann so much; She is a rare example of a good architect who gets green, but she
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aerieLOFT: A Prefab Sanctuary in the Woods
There are few inventions more elegant than a wood strip canoe; they are light, fast and flexible. Martin Liefhebber of Breathe Architects, who has been doing green design since before the term was invented, was inspired by the lean elegance of the
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Re-Growth Pod Goes From Concept To Reality
We previously covered the Re-Growth Pod, the concept of a prefabricated dwelling that can be delivered quickly after a disaster, can in the short term stand alone, and in the longer term, "from little things big things grow."
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Open House: Small Trailer Fans Out To Make Big Spaces
So many great ideas for small space design come out of trailers and boats. Here is another: a trailer that folds out like a fan, a series of flatpack elements that turn a tiny trailer into a multiroom dwelling, where the walls can move according to the
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Lottery Tower is Built From 55 Shipping Containers
Architect's models used to be as accurate as possible; now that there is computer modelling, they seem to be becoming more expressive and a lot more fun. Lars Behrendt has designed this tower out of 55 shipping containers,
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Hemeroscopium House: Prefab Gone Mad
What can one say about Hemeroscopium House in Madrid, by Antón García- Abril? It was built in just seven days, out of seven massive structural elements. And yes, that thing cantilevering out the front on top is a swimming pool.
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Re-Growth Pod: "From Little Things Big Things Grow"
Here is an interesting idea for the rebuilding of fire-ravaged Australia that might be appropriate in other parts of the world that are subject to wildfires. It is a precast concrete prefab dwelling unit that can stand alone or act as the core of a
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Bsq. Office in a Shipping Container
After seeing Mocoloco's pictures of the BSq. office in a shipping container we noted that we would catch up with it later, and indeed we have. And it is worth seeing; where it gets a bit tight in a container for living spaces, it works very well as a
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Berlin Box Packs A Lot in Seventy Square Feet
How much space do you really need? Norwegian architects Bredeland and Kristoffersen designed this 7 square meter (~70 square feet) cabin for an exhibition in Berlin a few years ago.
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Green Container Housing Demo in Thailand
Designers Site-Specific and Buatalah Studio were asked to design an exhibition around the theme of ‘Green Home Effects’ for a Bangkok home show. According to Site-Specific's website, "to build an earth-friendly house is not as simple as placing some
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Wood House Has Simple Detailing, Cheap Materials
It is tough doing modern design inexpensively; simple detailing requires careful craftsmanship when you don't have baseboards and drywall goop to cover up your defects. Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects appear to have pulled it off in this small
