Dwell’s David A. Greene has a great post on the price point accessibility of modern prefab on the Dwell Daily Blog.

Who is going to be the one to take modern prefab into modern levels of mass production to bring the price down?

I wish I could find a plot here in the city, and order up one of these beauties. The Sunset Breezehouse is exactly what you’d imagine: A place for the breeze to flow. 

Outdoor/Indoor living are seamless in this model. There’s literally a glass door, an entire wall of glass doors or clearstory windows in every room…even in the bathroom in some models…could be dicey. Outdoor living space with decks and verandas built right into the plan are also included. 

The prefab/modular nature means you can also build to suit your needs. just add another section as needed. MKD also uses sustainable materials as available and factory building processes. Rather than workers driving to a buildsite everyday…and delivering materials to the worksite everyday…everything goes in bulk to the factory where it’s built assembly line style…it’s the IKEA model…reduce transportation and material waste and drastically reduce the build time as well. Good for you, good for the environment…

Next week, we’ll check out the SwellHouse from the Office of Mobile Design.

The MK Solaire is another prefab design from Michelle Kaufmann Design.

MK Solaire incorporates outdoor and indoor living spaces with the intentionality that Michelle Kaufmann is known for.

Some elements that connect the inner sanctum to the outer world:

• Light court skylights for natural lighting
• Green roof
• Clearstory windows
• Decks and Patios as living space
• Natural materials

Totally enamored by the enovo house. It’s unbearably beautiful. I love the clean lines, the use of different textures (wood, metal, glass) on different planes, and the amazing use of outdoor space in this model (car port, upper balcony/deck, pergolas).

The brilliance of modern prefab comes down to a few factors:

The use of largely sustainable materials.
The speed of build time.
Designing for energy efficiency.
Re-imagining what living space can be.
Configurability

The enovo house is all of these.

If you don’t get Dwell magazine, you should. Even if just to push you towards new ideas about our shared future. We have little choice but to change our footprint. When will we start?

A few weeks ago I showed the Kithaus 3. It’s a sleek little model perfect for a backyard office, a secluded lakeside retreat, or even a small guesthouse. 

This week, I’d like to rave about the Kithaus 1.

This thing is so beautiful to me. I love the extra angular stack of clearstory windows at the top. It comes in a few configurations (not sold quite yet). Kithaus is a built on an aluminum frame that clamps together in a few days on site. I really feel this could be an amazing modern retreat space.

How to get into your own kithaus:

1. Find land and buy it (preferably on a lake). 
2. Pick a combo.
3. Pay 50% down, 50% when ready to ship. 
4. Build foundation if necessary.
5. Get it delivered.
6. Build in a few days.
7. Dream good dreams.

The Jeriko House.

This really is minimalist modern in a large package. The Jeriko House has really clean lines, and full cadre of possible layouts and configurations. It’s really a beautiful design, though maybe a bit too much of a throwback to mid-century modern for me.

Man I love the possibilities of greenliness, customizability, and reproduction of modern prefab…

It seems, more and more that eco-friendly and sustainable design is at the heart of this movement. I just hope it bleeds out from downtown lofts into first ring suburbs and non-commercial areas of the city…

The MKLotus from Michelle Kauffman.

This is a brilliant little prefab model starting at $125,000. The basic floorplan is fantastic with upfront living space open to the kitchen than back to the bed/bath.

I really love it; I love the built in veranda and the grassy knoll on the roof. I love the accordian wall of glass and the open floor plan with tons of glass.

Inhabitat featured it last fall.

I so wish I could have my garage bulldozed, and have one of these delivered to my backyard…I’m not sure it would totally fit in to my north-side ghetto-ish alley.

I’ve always imagined having some sort of structure detached from the house where I could office and lounge…and maybe have a gameroom…

The Kithaus would be perfect, if not for the location and likelihood of having it broken into and everything valuable stripped…

Wouldn’t this make a great cabin retreat?

I love the emergence of modern prefab housing. My wife, well, she loves Shabby Chic…Maybe there will be a compromise there someday…

Anyway…check out the weehouse…

Sustainable, clutter-free, simple, beautiful, delivered to your lakeshore.