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Other non-modernist projects. |
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Books, articles, links. |
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The fabprefab discussion boards. |
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modular, modernist... say what? |
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Here
we drift a little off topic and present a range of prefab or kit structures
that fall outside of the "modernist dwelling" focus of fabprefab.
Why are we including these projects? Certainly our goal is not to convince
people to swap from buying a Miesian pavilion to buying a Yurt.
However these projects employ prefabrication methodologies to varying
degrees and many have been commercially available for decades. Vendors
have developed successful business models by selling kit/DIY/prefab dwellings
to groups who have interests outside of the mainstream. Maybe some useful
lessons can be learned from their experiences. The
list is not intended to be exhaustive in scale - merely representational
of the scope of products available. Some structures resemble "traditional"
domestic architecture while others are somewhat more radical in form (and
yes we probably have too many Yurt listings...).
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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The NEST |
Dennis
Fukai, Insitebuilders |
Archer,
FL |
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Tree House |
Sybarite |
London,
UK |
Conceptual prefabricated modular tree house project. |
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Tumbleweed Houses |
Jay
Shafer |
Iowa
City, Iowa |
Designed
to meet people's domestic needs without exceeding these needs
and causing unnecessary burden |
TomaHouse
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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TomaHouseBaleClassic |
Nexus |
Denpasar,Bali |
2
Prototypes built. |
Anasia Knock Down Bungalows
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Knock down bungalows |
Anasia |
Bali |
prefabricated
wooden |
Icosa Village Pods
After
much deliberating we have decided that The Pod should not be featured
in the fablist because it is not designed to be a permanent structure.
Icosa Village
Pods do not face some of the building code constraints
that other permanent structures do. We're not questioning their Modernist
credentials. We feel that The
Icosa Village Pods are unique enough to warrant their own space here on
the otherfab page.
The web site offers extensive product information.
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Icosa
Village Pods |
Sanford
Ponder of Icosa Village, Inc. |
Duvall,
WA. USA |
4-season,
5-year Pods suitable for consumer & humanitarian applications
currently available for purchase. |
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Cardboard
House |
Stutchbury
and Pape |
Sydney, Australia |
Relocatable temporarycardboard based structure. Selected as one of the six Houses of the Future in Australia's Year of the Built Environment 2004 |
Little
House
This project was another challenge for us to place at
fabprefab. After deliberating, we have chosen otherfab as the home because
a) we feel it might be too small to be called a dwelling b) we're just not sure
about that front door.
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Little
House |
Thomas
Stevens, Consortium Design Group |
Detroit, Michigan, USA |
64sf.
unit available, expandable pre-fab system in cedar siding, vintage
reclaimed materials, heat, air, pre-wired for Internet, phone/fax,
electric. $16,000 |
The Foldable Portable Building
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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The
Foldable Portable Building (FPB) |
Ramon
Kalinowski |
Canada |
Patented foldable building packs down to its own ISO shipping container |
| Info
credit: Thanks to Justin (modernlover) |
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Hooch |
Jo
Scheer |
Ashland,
OR USA |
Elevated
structure fabricated off-site, stands on a single point. Available
in kit or plan form. 7 Hooches have been erected in various locations. |
Prefab homes of somewhat 'traditional' form.
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Link |
Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Numerous
models |
Interhabs: James Snell and Bill Forsyth et al |
Halifax,
Nova Scotia Canada |
Hundreds
of homes built over several decades. |
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Lewis
Builders Kit Homes |
Lewis
Builders Ltd |
Isle
of Lewis, Scotland |
Several
constructed examples. |
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Timber
Frame Kit Homes |
Galloway
Timbers (Manufacturing) Ltd |
Stranraer, |
Unknown |
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Vistet |
Anders
Landström and Thomas Sandell |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Prototype
built in 1999. |
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Custom
prefab/ modular homes |
Five
Oaks Homes |
Penrose,
CO, USA |
3600
square feet modular home: assembled, disassembled, shipped to site and reassembled. |
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Dinamarca |
Cc Ventura Prefab |
Brazil |
Prefab
hardwood cabins, homes, mini-houses--300 to 10,000 sq. ft. Wide range of styles,
sizes or custom design. |
Emergency/Transitional Housing
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Link | Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Transitional
Kit House |
Duffy
& Batt with Barbara Beyer |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
Conceptual. |
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'Knockabout
Walkabout' |
Peter
Myers |
Sydney, Australia |
Prototype for low cost relocatable housing built in 2000 (Updated with new link Jan 2005 - thanks Justin) |
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World
Homes |
World
Homes Inc. |
multiple
- see web site |
available
for purchase |
see
also Icosa Village Pods
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Barn Houses, Ecological Houses and Log Homes
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Link |
Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Various
Barn kits |
Barn
depot |
Lancaster,
MA USA |
Barn
kits for sale |
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Ecological
Kit House |
Gale
& Snowden |
Bideford,
North Devon, UK |
Unknown |
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Various
Barn kits |
Farmer
Jones Barns |
Shandaken,
NY USA |
Barn
kits for sale |
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Shelter
Kit Barn Houses |
Shelter
Kit Products |
Tilton,
New Hampshire, USA |
Barns
sold for almost 30 years. |
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Various
log home kits |
B&H
Cedar Log Homes |
Fredericksburg,
VA USA |
Log
home kits for sale |
Geodesic Domes
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Link |
Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Various
Domes |
Albata
Geodesics |
Jemison,
Alabama, USA |
Dome
kits for sale |
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Various
Domes |
American
Ingenuity Inc. |
Rockledge,
Florida, USA |
Dome kits for sale |
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Domespace |
Domespace
Inc. |
New
Paltz, |
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Various
Domes |
Pacific
Domes |
Ashland,
Oregon USA |
Domes
sold for over 20 years. |
Quanset Huts
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Link |
Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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RAL
Homes |
RAL
Homes |
Ararat, Victoria, Australia |
100+
"Quonset style" projects completed or in progress |
Yurts
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Link |
Project
name |
Architect/Designer |
Designer
Location |
Status
as of October 2006 |
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Yurts,
Domes |
Albion
canvas |
Staverton Totnes Devon, UK |
Yurts
and Domes for sale |
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Fiberglass reinforced plastic yurts. |
Alternative
Building |
Nebraska |
Composite materials used to create a prefab building system incl. custom yurts |
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Various
Yurts |
Bruton
Yurt Company: Jonathan & Caroline Morriss |
Bruton Somerset, UK |
Yurts
for sale. |
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Various
Yurt models |
Pacific
Yurts |
Cottage
Grove, Oregon USA |
Thousands
of yurts sold over 20+ years. |
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Various
Yurt models |
Woodland
Yurts |
Clevedon, North Somerset, UK |
Yurts
for sale since 1991 |
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Yome:
part Yurt part Dome |
Red
Sky Shelters: Peter Belt |
Asheville,
NC, USA |
Yomes
for sale |
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Various
Yurt models |
Yurtco |
Burnaby,
BC. Canada |
Yep you guessed it. Yurtco sells yurts. |
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The Yurt Workshop |
Rob
Matthews |
Naril, Granada, Spain |
Hand made, beautiful, high quality yurts for sale. |
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Various
Yurt models |
Vital
Design |
Talmage,
California, USA |
Sell
yurts directly and license designs internationally. |
2003,2004.