http://abduzeedo.com/taxonomy/term/308/all en http://abduzeedo.com/architecture-prefab-housing <h3>One aspect of design that I really like is architecture. From huge buildings to small homes, I'll always admire a great design. On this post I'm going to focus on one of my favorite types of architecture design, Prefab Homes. I'm a huge fan of prefab housing for 3 main reasons:</h3> <ol> <li>first and foremost I just love their design, which tends to be very unique and different from the usual home design </li> <li>because they tend to be environmentally friendly, often re-using large items like those big shipping containers (which has become a huge trend in prefab housing) ...and... </li> <li>because they seem more attainable financially (to me) than regular homes.</li> </ol> <p>In New York City right now there are 2 great exhibits that involve Prefab Housing. One is at the <a href="http://www.whitney.org/">Whitney Museum of American Art</a>. The Whitney is having a <a href="http://www.whitney.org/www/buckminster_fuller/about.jsp">Buckminster Fuller exhibit</a>. Fuller designed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house">Prefabricated Housing</a> back in the 1920s. He's best known for inventing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_dome">geodesic dome</a>. The other exhibit deals directly with prefab housing and is at the <a href="http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/">MoMA.</a> Both are great exhibits, if you're in the city you should definitely check them out.</p> <p class="imgC"> <a href="http://www.whitney.org/www/buckminster_fuller/about.jsp"><img src="/files/u477/buckwhitney.jpg" width="160" height="242" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://www.momahomedelivery.org/index.php/"> <img src="/files/u477/Home_Deliver.jpg" width="165" height="180" alt="" /></a></p> <p>There is a blog that I highly enjoy reading called <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/">Inhabitat</a>. Every friday they highlight a prefab home and I'm always looking forward to those posts. Here a few of my favorites:</p> <p class="imgC"><a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/05/drop-house/"><img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/drophouse11.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/drophouse61.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/drophouse2.jpg" alt="" /></a> </p> <p class="imgC"><a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/04/13/lot-ek-shipping-container-house/"><img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/lt_mdu1.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/lt_mdu6.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> <p class="imgC"><a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/05/prefab-friday-loblolly-house/"><img src="http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/loblollymain1.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <img src="http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/loblolly-5.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> <p class="imgC"><a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/04/14/prefab-friday-sunset-cabin/"><img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/images/sunset-1.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/images/sunset-int3.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> <p class="imgC"> <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/01/06/prefab-fridays-m-vironments/"><img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/images/mh3.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <img src="http://www.inhabitat.com/images/mh8.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> <div class="nodeauthor-info"><h2 class="title">About the author</h2><div class="content"><div class="desc"><p>Hi readers!<br /> I'm a Graphic Designer in New York City (Brooklyn!). NY is a hub for design and my posts will <em>try </em>to focus on, but will not be limited to, design related things happening in NY, such as museum exhibits, architecture, events, local artist interviews, galleries, etc. I'm very much into technology and art and how they intersect to make multimedia art installations. Hope you enjoy my posts!<br /> Check out my blog <a href="http://distracticon.com">Distracticon.com</a><br /> My site: <a href="http://www.franciscog.com">www.franciscog.com</a><br /> Follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/FciscoG">Twitter</a></p> </div><div class="clear"></div></div><h4>Sponsored Links:</h4><div class='author_banner'><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-7764262396280460"; /* Conteudo */ google_ad_slot = "1734631825"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></div><!--b1229df49e254d558b48cf6a7d7b099a--> <a href="http://book.abduzeedo.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/misc/abdz-book-banner.jpg" alt="Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers at Amazon" border="0" /></a><br/> http://abduzeedo.com/architecture-prefab-housing#comments architecture housing prefab Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:49:02 +0000 Francisco 553 at http://abduzeedo.com