Sentences with phrase «prefab houses as»

Also, Wheelhaus, a company that manufactures luxury prefab houses as small as 400 square feet, launched a «try before you buy» campaign.

They're eyeing prefab housing as the answer to adding more inventories of housing in markets that desperately need them.

Not exact matches

As one last collaboration, Ray and Charles Eames tackle prefab housing in LA, with colorful grids after Piet Mondrian.

As in other parts of the city, the latest version of white brick apartment blocks come in red or yellow brick with vaguely SoHo Revivalist fenestration; they spring up in Chelsea's plentiful parking lots so quickly you might think they are being laid in like prefab houses.

The resurgence of modern prefab is presented as an alternative to new urban development — homes that are refreshing, honest and complimentary to their historical counterparts — considering their relevance to affordable housing and parallel with the green building movement.

I have built prefabs where the house started construction in the factory on the same day as the foundations were poured, and the house was set two weeks later.

Referred to as the Rainbow Duplex, the home was designed by Marken Projects and built by Durfield Constructors with a high - performance, panelized prefab system by BC Passive House.

Nineteen eco-friendly prefab houses are currently competing on the National Mall in the 2011 Solar Decathlon, and Maryland's WaterShed house has led the pack through the first week, as judges awarded points in a variety of categories.

an array of mobile nomadic prefab laneway homes («modpods») are proposed to provide needed adaptable affordable housing for the city, but equally important, will act as incremental nodes of sustainable energy and urban farming infrastructure for it and the immediate home, as well as the city at large.

Or as the prefab salesmen say: «you wouldn't build your car in the driveway, so why would you build your house in a field?»

The house was constructed by prefab experts A-Hus, but designed as a mass producible model by Wingårdh.

The best analogy to prefab houses is the Mini Cooper — mass produced but with enough options to let the owners feel they have a custom automobile...» Michael Pyatok, FAIA Pyatok Architects Berkeley, Calif.»... As long as housing is treated as a commodity in a capitalist system, the technological advances that occur more often help the production end rather than the consumer end, and when they help both, it usually means a portion of the labor market somewhere has been hurt...» Mark Simon, FAIA Centerbrook Architects and Planners Essex, Conn. «This is an issue of class and perceptioAs long as housing is treated as a commodity in a capitalist system, the technological advances that occur more often help the production end rather than the consumer end, and when they help both, it usually means a portion of the labor market somewhere has been hurt...» Mark Simon, FAIA Centerbrook Architects and Planners Essex, Conn. «This is an issue of class and perceptioas housing is treated as a commodity in a capitalist system, the technological advances that occur more often help the production end rather than the consumer end, and when they help both, it usually means a portion of the labor market somewhere has been hurt...» Mark Simon, FAIA Centerbrook Architects and Planners Essex, Conn. «This is an issue of class and perceptioas a commodity in a capitalist system, the technological advances that occur more often help the production end rather than the consumer end, and when they help both, it usually means a portion of the labor market somewhere has been hurt...» Mark Simon, FAIA Centerbrook Architects and Planners Essex, Conn. «This is an issue of class and perception.

When buyers choose a prefab house, they'll still have to arrange for building permits, electrical hookups, water supply, and a septic system or connection to the municipal sewage system — just as if they were planning for a custom - built home.

Prefab 2.0, where buyers opt for modular homes as a budget - friendly alternative; floating eco homes as the next generation of «green» housing; and creative house swaps, facilitated by social networking.

As such, some are being drawn to prefab housing to try to speed wait times.

But with the housing market showing inklings of a recovery, earlier this year The Times reported on another prefab design: the C6, touted as an affordable modern offering from the Santa Monica, Calif., company LivingHomes.