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When we first saw the tiny off-grid Ecocapsule pod home, we thought it looked too good to be true -- but last week Nice Architects announced plans to produce the self-sustaining dwelling next year.
"Free was about all I could afford," he said, so the house was an attractive option. Read more: What the billionaires planning a new Bay Area city can teach us about California housing
Construction of a prefabricated modular home (see also time-lapse video)Prefabricated homes, often referred to as prefab homes or simply prefabs, are specialist dwelling types of prefabricated building, which are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled.
A Futuro house, or Futuro Pod, is a round, prefabricated house designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, of which fewer than 100 were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The shape, reminiscent of a flying saucer , and the structure's airplane hatch entrance has made the houses sought after by collectors.
The iKozie micro-home is a prefabricated home designed for one person and measures 17.25 square metres (186 sq ft). [1] [2] It was designed by Kieran O’Donnell, a trustee of the Homeless Foundation, and Andrew Eastabrook of Eastabrook Architects. The first iKozie micro-home was installed in the garden of the Homeless Foundation, on 29 August ...
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Modular homes are designed to be stronger than traditional homes by, for example, replacing nails with screws, adding glue to joints, and using 8–10% more lumber than conventional housing. [31] This is to help the modules maintain their structural integrity as they are transported on trucks to the construction site.