PREFAB COMPACT HOME PART 3

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DWELLE This business is located in Manchester England i believe. This is a relatively new project they have started i guess. They have currently two beautiful models available so far - a large and a small livable shed. Their main website is located here: FKDA In addition to their livable shed section, they have designed some very beautiful other small dwellings worth your time to look at.

"Welcome to the new "Shed" website!"
"We've spent some time ensuring that not only are our sheds as space efficient as possible and have extremely high environmental criteria, but they are also designed to the highest standards."

Dwelle • 12 Hilton Street • Manchester • M1 1JF • United Kingdom • Phone: 0161 237 1500 •

info@dwelle.co.uk

EMERGENCY RESPONSE STUDIO I like this unit a lot. It is well designed and interesting. Lots of pictures and good information about this unit on the website.

"Emergency Response Studio, by Paul Villinski, is a solar-powered, mobile artist's studio, repurposed from a salvaged FEMA-style trailer. This sustainably re-built, off-the-grid living and work space is designed to enable artists to "embed" in post-disaster settings, and respond and contribute creatively. Villinski conceived the project in response to the devastation of post-Katrina New Orleans as "a symbol of transformation and possibility for the communities of the Gulf Coast". ERS will be exhibited in Prospect .1 New Orleans, the largest exhibition of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, which opens throughout the Crescent City November first, 2008. Though designed as an artist's studio, the Emergency Response Studio also serves as a prototype for self-sufficient, solar-powered mobile housing, and explores the application of sustainable materials in the construction of trailers and other forms of temporary housing."

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THE MONOLITHIC CABIN This company i have noticed has improved and expanded their website over the months or years. To me, that would be a sign that they are doing OK. Check out this latest cool addition to their product line.

"The Monolithic Cabin is a modified Monolithic Dome - like a tunnel with rounded ends. These domes all have a diameter (width) of 12 feet, but their total length and interior space depends on the model. Model 150 has a length of 14.3 feet and a living area of 150 square feet. Model 201 is 18.5 feet long and 201 square feet. Model 266 is 24 feet long and 266 square feet. All models are a nominal 10 feet high, from bottom of crossbeams to top of roof. David South, President of Monolithic, sees the Monolithic Cabin as "one of the most versatile, small domes we have ever designed. It's really an all-purpose unit!

"We manufacture these cabins here, at our headquarters in Italy, Texas and load one or two of them on a truck for transport to the client's site," David says. "They weigh about 9 to 14 tons, are definitely shippable and require only a small amount of land."

The Monolithic Cabin can be used as a rental unit, echo housing or granny flat, disaster shelter, workshop, office or studio, game room, vacation dome, exercise room, temporary housing for work crews or home builders, guest house or storage. They can be designed as single living units or combined with others. The list goes on and on!"

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WALT BARRETT'S MICRO HOME This is about Walt Barrett's Micro Home which is 8ft x 8ft. They say they want to mass produce these completed units and also sell kits for a reduced price which can be assembled by the buyer. They have a video on their website or blog which shows the steps taken to build this neat looking little house. Watch the video, it will show you some small home building techniques for those of us untutored in the trade. They are located in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

"The home in the slide show is $9,995.00 plus shipping cost: Complete and ready to move in, with solar electric lights, shower, compost toilet and galley."

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VERSATUBE BUILDING SYSTEMS Generally speaking i try not to include in my website building ideas or systems which are of the commercial or farm type buildings - large structures for which the average person has no need. This business here tends to display very large buildings, but a person can use their system to build reasonable size structures: Like for example they say you can use their product to build a workshop, a home office, studio space and probably a small cabin or cottage. From what i can glean from their website, a person can buy a prefabricated building as small as 12ft wide by 8ft high by 20ft long - minimum size, smallest they sell. You can buy 4ft or 5ft incremental additions for bigger structures depending on the width. This might make a cheap home for someone. Click on "Garages & Buildings".

“Get a new metal garage in no time. Our "Slip-Fit" frame construction makes building a steel garage a perfect weekend project for you and a couple of buddies. Ideal for protecting your car, housing that dream workshop, or storing all of your outdoor gear.”

AERO11DESIGN This business builds something similar to a mobile home but uses what looks like a welded steel frame (airframe) to which siding, paneling, flooring, roofing, windows and finishing material are applied. Three categories of buildings are available. "Customized prefab spaces: Home, Office or Retreat." The basic building block here is called the "airframe" a steel frame on which the roof system, floor system and wall system are attached. The picture on the right is of their Home version.

Aero 11 Design • 1450 Maple Street No. 11 • Redwood City, California 94063 USA • Phone: (650) 298-8894

info@aero11design.com

QUONSET HUTS This type of building is still available from some metal building suppliers. Maybe not very attractive, but one of the few building designs which can withstand severe weather and earthquakes.

“Quonset Hut: Metal Living For A Modern Age tells the story of this unique architectural phenomena, from its birth during WWII as a mass-production shelter to its new status as an icon of American pragmatism, ingenuity, perseverance, and individuality.”

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FREEDOM STEEL HOMES I like the Key West model & the A-frame model best.

“Hot rolled I-beam framing with bolted cee and zee channels. These are absolutely the strongest steel frame homes in the world. Since 1994 we've made thousands of homes and have never had a structural failure. We are your safest choice. No wall sheathing or roof decking needed. No wood roof decking or wall sheathing board is necessary for your shear value. Your Freedom Steel Homes structure are completely non-combustible, there is no wood for termites and it's practically maintenance free. Bolt together red iron and galvanized steel stud framing throughout means there is nothing organic to support mold growth and nothing to rot. Your framing system will be structurally sound even after prolonged submersion due to flooding. Easy to read erection drawings stamped and sealed by state licensed engineer. Step by step instructions, free telephone support.”

DESIGN BUILD BLUFF This site contains much information on simple building using readily available materials. Tons of stuff. Good resource for ideas. Check out their blog. Picture on the right is one of their projects entitled "benally house".

“Design Build Bluff is a program for students of the University of Utah to realize architecture that nurtures the spirit and improves the lives of all who experience it. When possible and practical, it will employ natural building methods and non-traditional materials to create unique structures that combine a sense of doing good with designs appropriate for the task at hand. Ultimately, DesignBuildBLUFF will not construct buildings as much as it will create unbounded joy.”

DesignBuildBLUFF - Hank Louis • PO Box 3779 • Park City, Utah 84060 • Phone: 435-649-7080
Fax: 435-649-6545 • Email: office@designbuildbluff.org

HANDY HOME I think maybe the only model they sell is called the "Mackinaw" timber building. Looks like a kit you assemble yourself.

"Ready-To-Assemble Building Kits. The ultimate storage & recreational solutions offering beauty, price and performance".

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THE MAD HOUSERS This link takes you to complete construction plans and information on building your own personal hut to live in. The organization responsible for this information provides housing for homeless people around Atlanta Georgia. The Mad Housers provide shelter to the homeless by building huts. Check out their very interesting website. You could get some ideas for building your own little hut from this site.

"MAD HOUSERS Inc. is an Atlanta-based non-profit corporation engaged in charitable work, research and education. Our charter outlines our goals and purposes: To provide shelter for homeless individuals and families regardless of race, creed, national origin, gender, religion, or age. To develop low income housing for people in need of housing. To help people develop the skills and knowledge for constructing and rehabilitating housing and shelter. To increase the quantity and to improve the quality of housing in the world. To act, if necessary as an advocate for the homeless, to ensure that their moral and civil rights are protected. The Mad Housers believe that if a person has a secure space from which to operate, they are much more capable of finding the resources to help themselves."

The Mad Housers • 534 Permalume Place NW • Atlanta, GA 30318 • Phone: (404) 806-6233 • Email: madhousers@madhousers.org,

THE CLANCY CARDBOARD HOUSE This is another Mother Earth News article featuring a man named Dan and his family who built a low cost cabin using recycled boxes and other paper products.

"One day While feeding my rabbits some lettuce that I'd scrounged from the back door of a supermarket, says Dan, I noticed that the box given to me by the produce man didn't fall apart in the rain like ordinary cardboard does. So I thought to myself, Why not build a cabin out of this stuff right here on our little homestead? Once the call went out for contributions for the cabin, used windows, an old glass-paned door, a large pile of 2 X 6's, used plywood foundation forms, a carpet made from carpet scraps, nails, a brass doorknob, old packing crates, and other "junk" came in. Almost everything was recycled, says Joann K. Johnson, one of Dan's student teachers at the time, and we let the used materials we gathered determine the size of the cabin we built."

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RTA BUILDINGS This appears to be a very well organized building system. RTA means: "Ready-To-Assemble". Very simple website, just one building displayed. This website is not available at this time (9-16-10).

“We are a group of academic and building professionals dedicated to bringing innovation to wood construction. We offer several pre-engineered building packages for sale to corporations, private organizations and government agencies. Our primary focus is housing designed for groups of people with a minimum order of 100 units. The building components of the RTA system are fabricated by pressing the RTA metal connector between two pieces of lumber. The building components are attached to each other by bolting the RTA connectors together. The RTA system is designed so that small crews of unskilled laborers equipped with a hammer, wrench and ladder can quickly assemble the RTA frame. The frame of a 16 x 24 foot building can be assembled by two people in less than one day. Our objective is to provide a building technology that enables small groups of unskilled laborers with the ability to build their own structures. Our vision is domestic (United States) and global. In the future we will provide products that are geared to the "do-it-yourselfers" who want to build garages, workshops, utility sheds or home offices in their backyards.”

CASEY BROWN I love this cabin. It is a two-story 10ft x 10ft structure designed for use by one or two people. It has a small kitchen, a sleeping loft and wood stove. It is named "Permanent Camping 2007".

“The building was prefabricated by the builder in Sydney then transported to the site and erected. This structure is a copper clad tower. It has movable veranda roofs operated by a winch which allow the owner to lower or raise along the sides offering protection from wild fires.”

Casey Brown Architecture • Level 1, 63 William Street • East Sydney NSW 2010 Australia • Phone: +61 2 9360 7977
Fax: +61 2 9360 2123 • Email: cb@caseybrown.com.au

TINY FREE HOUSE This is an interesting project. Visit here to follow the progress of this man's free house building experiment using free wood pallets.

"I've embarked on a little experiment. I'm building a tiny house that's a cross between Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond and a Tumbleweed-like Tiny House on wheels; the only difference is that it will cost nothing. Any money I spend on building materials will be recouped by selling discarded things I find and most of the wood will come from old shipping pallets. Why Pallets? It just seems like poetic justice for a house that questions consumerism to be made from the very things that carried so many products to market."

Michael Janzen • No Contact except form on blog

LOGICAL HOMES This is a pretty popular supplier of very beautiful and efficient homes. Picture on the right is of their 640 SF Aegean small home.

“At Logical Homes our mission is to make progressive residential architecture more accessible. We achieve this goal by the use of unconventional materials in our home designs; including recycled and repurposed industrial materials; efficient prefabrication and assembly processes & structured project management and client service processes. The end result is innovative architecture that is value-priced and delivered in a predictable time frame. Logical Homes comprises a passionate team dedicated to delivering innovative design while redefining the traditional architect-client paradigm.”

Logical Homes LLC • 941 Manhattan Beach Blvd • Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 • Phone: (310) 455-6753

FOLDAWAY HOUSE This is an interesting solution to low cost prefab housing in South Africa. I suppose this idea could be used anywhere for that matter. This picture you see on the right is actually their "second generation" design. Much nicer than the original design.

“24 November 2006. When a fire in an informal settlement at KwaMbonambi in KwaZulu-Natal left scores of shack dwellers without a home, entrepreneur Rajan Harinarain came up with a solution, in the form of a foldaway house - complete with door, two windows and electrical fittings - that can be erected in five minutes.”

Foldaway House • Phone: +27 35 797 1802 • Fax: +27 35 797 3134 •

info@thefoldawayhouse.co.za

WEE HOUSES More flash website mess. If you can get through the flash presentation they make some very nice stuff. Interesting site by Alchemy Architects.

"Architecture in a box! House. Cabin. Office. Addition. Rooftops. Developments. weeHouses are sturdy enough to withstand the extremes of desert or tundra, and they may be placed anywhere that is accessible by truck. The weeHouse prefab system is based on a modern aesthetic, efficient use of space, and intelligent adaptation of building technology. From small retreats like the original weeHouse in Wisconsin, and the Marfa weeHouse to larger residential and commercial weeHouses currently in progress around the country, the system is adaptable to a wide range of needs. weeHouses feature streamlined design that celebrates the modular nature of their construction and allows for both playful and poetic potential. System design and prefabrication significantly reduces building costs and makes modern design accessible to the broadest possible audience. Available in single-unit Solitaires, or special use Companions, weeHouse modules are combined and customized to fit your needs. Add modules, stairs, move windows, change siding as you like. We work with you to plan and document your weeHouse from the initial stages right through delivery and installation. weeHouses arrive on site ready to live in. The only things left up to you and your contractor are the foundation, fitting & seaming of the modules, utility hookups, and in some cases cabinetry. And the basic design fees are included in the price."

AFRASAND Very interesting commercial website from the country of Ghana Africa with pictures showing the different aspects of building with the Hydraform block system. Using this system a person could build themselves a very low cost home, i think. Picture on the right displays a small cabin built using the blocks made by this system.

“Your affordable building material center for your home. AGL is the authorized agent for Hydraform Africa Pty Ltd. who are manufacturers of Hydraform block making machines for on site production of interlocking dry stacking soil-cement blocks. Pride and expertise are two of the primary reasons you can expect high quality when you purchase machinery from us. We are gaining very good acceptance among those looking for innovative appropriate building technologies. Our products are now a widely accepted alternative to the traditionally-fired red clay brick - mortar or concrete masonry used for mass construction.”

Afrisand Ghana Ltd. • 14 Pawpaw Street Extension • South Odorkor, Accra, Ghana • PO Box 9072
KIA - Accra, Ghana • Phone: + 233 (0)21 701 2666 • + 233 (0)24 426 4305 • + 233 (0)24 325 9338
Fax: + 233 (0)21 701 2666 •

info@afrisand.com

GREEN MODERN KITS Picture on the right is of their "casa ti". A sip or "structural insulated panel" prefab built home.

“Why Green Modern Kits? Modern house plans taken a step further with SIPs prefab kits. Each of our prefab green homes is a modern house kit / green building house that provides you with a modern house kit / modern home solutions, energy efficient cabin, planned with green net zero and off-the-grid possible through passive solar design. Green Modern Kits also offers eco-furniture kits: green multi-use furniture, built-ins, and other energy-efficient solutions. We are green architects, house kit fabricators, industrial designers, furniture craftsmen, solar, rainwater solutions and. . . idea people who create modern, eco friendly affordable green housing and furniture plans for all of us. Green Modern Kits: Green Building For The Rest Of Us!™”

Green Modern Kits • Phone: 804-515-7886 • Contact Form

A HOUSE OF STRAW This is a very well done website chronicling one woman's Straw House building project. It is a compact home, but made using straw in the walls as insulation.

"This load-bearing straw bale house was built by me, Carolyn Roberts, consultant Jon Ruez, and many friends on evenings and weekends, using natural (straw bale walls, earthen plasters, earthen floor) and recycled materials wherever possible. We passed 23 county inspections. It's an incredibly sturdy, beautiful and well-insulated house that will last for many years and only cost $50,000 to build (land not included). The straw walls offer insulation from the summer heat, while the earthen plasters and floor give thermal mass to maintain an even interior temperature. A well-insulated ceiling helps, too. The south-facing sunroom heats my home in the winter. I can collect 500 gallons of rainwater in a 1/2 inch rain. A hand-made solar water heater with a small tankless heater as backup provides all my hot water. My electric bills average $35 per month year-round (no gas service here). Many people thought I was crazy, but this is by far the wisest thing I have ever done, though possibly the most difficult."

Carolyn Roberts •

strawlady@comcast.net

THE SWAMP HUT This project is located in their "residential" section. "The Swamp Hut" is a creation of Moskow Linn Architects, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts.

"Moskow Linn Architects is always on the lookout for talented designers. Please mail an example of your design work and resume. Hard copy preferred."

"The Swamp Hut is designed to sit lightly upon the land. Four huts surround a central deck creating a protective enclosure. Each building component has distinct characteristics appropriate to its use. The project won a Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for design."

Moskow Linn Architects, Inc. is a Boston-based firm offering professional services in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and interior design. In practice since 1990, the firm has planned and designed a variety of buildings including office and retail facilities, institutional buildings, custom residences, as well as master plans for future growth and strategic development in urban areas. The firm is committed to sustainable, environmentally sensitive architecture.

Moskow Linn Architects, Inc. • 88 Broad Street • Boston, MA 02110 • Phone: 617.292.2000
Fax: 617.426.4701 •

KM@MoskowLinn.com

CARDBOARD OCTAGON CABIN This website is all in the Japanese language. I wish there was an english version. But the pictures tell some of the story. A very cool prefab octagon cardboard cabin here. Click on the links to see the different stages of assembly.

Here is some Google translation:
“Octagon is to ensure the privacy of disaster, the rain is like using a makeshift tent in a strong cardboard. Durability six months. To resolve the uncertainty around the Octagon disaster can easily secure private space! Also offers a wide variety of applications from independent, but can be set up tents everywhere. Learn how to take advantage of each scene.” Scenes include: The relief required, municipalities, welfare shelters, home, mental health, animals.

Phone: 0574-26-3111 • Fax: 0574-27-6294 •

Nomura@Sago-G.co.jp

SHELTER PUBLICATIONS This is a source for some Architecture & Building Books. Also, information or books on septic systems. Titles include:

Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter By Lloyd Kahn
“A stunning sequel to the classic 1973 book Shelter, Home Work illustrates even more imaginative ways to put a roof over ones head, some of which were inspired by Shelter itself. Home Work showcases the ultimate in human ingenuity, building construction, and an independent lifestyle.”

The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building
“This book is for people who dream of building a simple home. It is also for those in the building trades: carpenters, masons, plumbers, and artisans, as well as for urban planners, rural technicians, and small community designers. It covers basic design, use of a great variety of natural materials, construction details, natural heating and cooling, and water and sanitation techniques.”

Shelter: A cult classic from the heyday of teach-ins and VWs.
“With over 1000 photographs, Shelter is a classic book celebrating the imagination, resourcefulness, and exuberance of human habitat. First published in 1973, the book gave birth to the "Green Building" revolution of today.”

Shelters, Shacks, & Shanties by Daniel C. Beard
“Written in 1914 by the founder of the Boy Scouts, this unique book shows how to build both simple and complex sheds and shacks. Contains hundreds of wonderful pen-and-ink drawings and illustrations by the author.”

Mongolian Cloud Houses by Dan Frank Kuehn
“How to build a yurt, using natural, low-cost materials. Clear step-by-step illustrations. Many yurt resources for materials, supplies, ready-made yurts.”

Shelter Publications, Inc. • PO Box 279 • Bolinas, CA 94924 USA • 1-800-307-0131 ~ To Order

COTTAGE IN A DAY Very beautiful inventory of prefab quick-to-assemble small cabins - not a lot, but enough.

“Cottage in a Day® is the next generation of factory-built, energy-efficient, green homes. The process incorporates exceptional design, use of sustainable materials, and a structural insulated panel (SIP) envelope for strength, sound reduction, and comfort. The prefab modules are designed and constructed in a facility to meet or exceed Energy Star requirements, the National Home Builder's Association measure for green construction, and residential LEED standards. Good design and a sophisticated selection of fixtures, finishes, and textures combine to make Cottage in a Day® a wise and visually pleasing choice for a vacation retreat or a year-round residence. Material selections for long-term durability and energy efficiency enhance a philosophy for responsible living as well as a return on investment. Cottage in a Day® is the solution to construction problems.”

Cottage in a Day • PO Box 882 • Traverse City MI 49685 • Phone: (231) 946-7741

info@cottageinaday.com

OSKA ARCHITECTS This is the same group of people who gave you the "Rolling Huts". I think these people are great designers, visit their website for some outstanding designs. Picture on the right is of their "Delta Shelter". Click on the "Projects" link. “Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects began its creative existence with architect Jim Olson, whose work in the late 1960s explored the relationship between dwellings and the landscape they inhabit in the Northwest. Olson started the firm based on some simple ideas: that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people's lives. Rick Sundberg joined the firm in 1975, and its commitment to urbanism and civic life became evident as they began designing and developing modern urban buildings in and around Seattle's national historic districts Pike Place Market and Pioneer Square. In 1996, Tom Kundig and Scott Allen joined Olson and Sundberg as owners, taking the firm to another level of creative exploration and helping it grow into an office with an international reputation. Alan Maskin and Kirsten Murray joined the owners group in 2008, continuing the evolution of the firm and furthering its commitment to the experience around architecture, articulated in exhibit design, interiors, and connections to urban and rural landscapes. The firm now numbers over 85 employees. Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen's work, including museums, academic buildings, exhibit design, interior design, places of worship and residences, often for art collectors, is now worldwide. The office combines the capacity of a large firm with the intensity of a small one. The firms commitment to vigorous, critical design review sessions has infused its designers with a shared sense of commitment to every project.”

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects • 159 South Jackson St Ste 600 • Seattle WA 98104 USA
Phone: (206) 624-5670 • Fax: (206) 624-3730

YAHOO GROUPS LITTLE HOUSES This Yahoo Group appears to be a good source of ideas for many different small homes in different shapes and styles. It also seems to be an active group with about 3025 members.

“This group is an open forum for discussing building and dwelling in living spaces, smaller than the typical 'McMansions' being built today whether you will be building your home yourself or buying, starting from scratch or remodeling, downsizing, or planning a starter house for future expansions, this is the best place to share your housing related thoughts. LittleHouses are not just reduced floor areas. They may also require rethinking how some basic aspects of a home work. Little autonomous houses, may even collect their own rain water, generate their own electricity, process their own wastes, and heat themselves with sunshine, or trash. This is also a forum for the discussion of alternative energies, alternative construction, independent lifestyles, climate responsive design RV design, and other living space related topics. Join us, and ask questions, give advice, get in on a technical debate, or just lay back and read. This is an open forum, and as such invites civil information exchange. That is how we all learn.”

Yahoo Groups • LittleHouses

TWELVE CUBED HOMES Very nice units if you like small.

“We do small in a big way. Welcome to the future. A twelve-cubed or ten-cubed micro house can be placed on your existing home lot and used as a guest house, a rental, or even a studio. With two exciting models to chose from, the 10 cubed Pure, and the 12-cubed Cappuccino unit, will change the way you think about the way you live, and the affordability of high-tech housing. Featuring a dishwasher, microwave & modern oven combo, bathroom, closet, and plenty of natural light, one of our sustainable cubes has everything you need to make your life, modern, simple, and convenient. Best of all, you can treat yourself to a 12x12 handsomely-finished Cappucinno Cube for an average price of CDN $24,500. The average Canadian 1 bedroom apartment produces 5 tons of Carbon Dioxide a year. The average European 1 bedroom apartment produces 2.7 tons of Carbon Dioxide a year. A Cube produces 0.8 tons of Carbon Dioxide per year. When we sat down with a blank sheet of paper to design the Cube, we decided what we wanted to achieve when we started out building the cube. To produce the least amount of waste possible, and house two people in as small a space as would be practical and comfortable. One of the main reasons that we picked the 12x12 size is that most material comes in 8 foot or 12 foot lengths. Plywood is in 4x8 sizing. We produced in total one small pickup load of waste in the construction of our pilot unit, and we made some mistakes! We estimate that we can reduce this by 50% in subsequent units. The Cube is stylish, comfortable, and makes a definite statement - you care.”

James Stuart: Owner / Operator Twelve Cubed Homes • Phone: 250-797-3958 •

info@twelve3.ca

GREEN TREE SHELTERS Want a really quick and lovely little cabin fast? Buy one of these Green Tree Shelter kits to get yourself in business quick.

“Our designers at Green Tree shelters, creators of LivingSpace have years of experience designing and producing modular structures for commercial food service, medical, construction and festival applications. We designed LivingSpace with a minimum number of easy to assemble pieces that require no special tools or special knowledge to assemble. We want you to start enjoying your LivingSpace the day you assemble it - not three weekends later!! We promise you that when you start assembly of LivingSpace on Saturday morning - you will be relaxing in your LivingSpace Saturday evening!”

Green Tree Shelters • Phone: (414) 760-8600 • Email: sales@greentreeshelters.com

DELTEC HOMES Deltec builds what look like to me very beautiful homes. Specializing in circular shaped homes:

"So whether you're looking for a hurricane resistant home for the beach, an energy efficient home for the mountains, a luxurious and unique home for the city, a retirement home for that perfect site or just a simple round house for a private getaway, look at Deltec Circular Homes."

Production Facility & Offices • 69 Bingham Road • Asheville, NC 28806 • Toll-Free (U.S. and Canada) 800-642-2508
Local 828-253-0483 • Fax: 828-254-1880

THE DWELL HOME This site specializes in the concept of prefabrication of homes for lower cost and quality of finished structure. I think this is the right house pictured.

"Modern, interesting, architect-designed housing should be affordable and available—even to first year teachers who are still paying for law school, explains Ingrid Tung (a former corporate attorney turned teacher) who with her husband Nathan Wieler is building the Dwell Home in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Construction is expected to be completed by early 2004."

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ARIAL HOME INITIATIVE This is truly a neat home. It is simple and quick to set-up. It is very well designed in my opinion. They are based in Chicago, Illinois. I suspect it would be difficult for an individual to buy this on his own but you could try. This is "A new way to mass produce low cost homes for families around the world."

“Building an Arial Home can be in done in one day with about 8 -12 people with minimal training. The only power tool needed is a cordless, battery operated screw gun. Prefabrication is done in the warehouse prior to parts being delivered to the home site. An Arial Home is constructed of highly insulated steel panels that fit together like Lego's. The home is pre-fabricated in a nearby Arial Home factory so that no on-site sawing or cutting is required. An Arial Home provides the family with a living/kitchen room, a bedroom, a bathroom with toilet and shower, and a large, multipurpose sink in the kitchen area. Low maintenance, high strength components. Highly fire resistant, waterproof, & termite proof. Use local labor for manufacturing the components. Can be built in one day.”

Email: aaron.ewerdt@arialhome.org

FORM & FOREST This company has it all together. Well organized site with a great prefab product. Specializing in flatpack prefab cabins they build prefabricated panelized walls and components based on architectural plans in their indoor manufacturing facility and deliver them to your job site. These components are shipped flat along with siding, doors, windows, and roofing materials. They have chosen this method of construction because it makes the most sense for delivering a cabin to properties that are often remote and have under-developed access roads and driveways.

“If you have ever dreamed of getting away to a contemporary piece of design your moment has arrived. We have worked hard to bring stunning design together with prefab manufacturing techniques that allow you to build a cabin and enjoy it sooner. We offer an exciting new way to build a cabin . We believe that thoughtful design leads to better experiences for people. We love architecture and we love industrial design which leads us to the belief that not every building should start with an empty lot and a blank page. The traditional site based approach to design and building presupposes every project is entirely original. The reality is that every home and every cabin share a lot of common elements. Embracing this reality leads to savings in time and money while extending the opportunity of owning good design to a larger audience. Form & Forest offers a range of cabins that have been designed for how you live at the cabin, both inside and out. Generous indoor and outdoor living spaces group the eating, entertaining and relaxing together while offering seclusion for sleeping and quiet reading. The generous decks and large windows are designed into the plans with the full expectation that you will be building your cabin in a pretty fantastic landscape. A Landscape whose vistas, trees and rocks should be appreciated and embraced. If you have a piece of vacation property to build a cabin on, Form & Forest will enable you to experience it in the utmost.”

Form&Forest • Phone: 1.866.977.3676 • Fax: 1.866.697.1822 • Email: ✉ info@formandforest.com

MODULAR DWELLINGS This simple yet beautiful very small dwelling is available for purchase by the general public.

“With its clean lines and glowing surface, the Modular Dwelling embodies California's new Prefab architectural movement. These custom built dwellings blend minimalist styling, industrial materials and a modernist's attention to detail to create a usable environment that is unique. Designed to be easy to transport, quick to assemble and aesthetically pleasing, the Modular Dwelling mixes the design philosophies of Charles Eames and Richard Neutra to create a living environment that is the ideal blend of form and function.”

Edgar Blazona • 2729 Acton St. • Berkeley, CA 94702 • Email: edgar@modulardwellings.com

PENNYPINCHER BARN COMPANY These people do it all. Some very nice designs in compact homes here.

“Pennypincher Barn Company specializes in providing good quality small house kits, small cabin kits, small houses, tiny houses, and barn kits that are affordable, versatile and durable. Our kits can be used as timber frame houses, little homes, 4H horse barns, barn homes, rv garages, kennels, chalets, cabins, arenas, utility buildings, storage barns, carports, studios, workshops, home based offices, small animal barns, wineries, hobby or craft rooms, and much, much more. If you are interested in any kind of small house kit, barn kit, horse barn kit, cabin kit, alaska cabin kit, barn home kit, tiny house kit, rv garage or carport, shed or multiuse building, we encourage you to call and discuss your needs with one of our sales professionals. Our professional design engineered cabin plans, small house plans, tiny house plans and barn plans set our kits above the rest. We're confident that after you compare the value, quality, service, and durability of our home, and cabin kits to any other professional kit company you'll agree that Pennypincher's provides a great product for the best price in town.”

Pennypincher Barn Company Inc • PO Box 1326 • 18225 Pendelton St NW • Rochester, WA 98579
Toll Free: (866) 961-5222 • Phone: (360) 273-5222 •

sales@pennypincherbarns.com

FLATPAK HOUSE A prefabricated house system that configures to individual needs and site, using wood, glass and concrete. Includes photographs and example plans. Nice website, lots of pictures but you will need to take the time to study this in order to understand their system. They call it a system of prefabricated components designed to yield unique solutions to your unique needs and site. They use terms like "menu of components" to complete your unique home designed with the help of the FlatPak designer person.

FLATPAK HOUSE • Phone: (612) 788-5355 • Contact Form •

info@flatpakhouse.com

SWEETWATER BUNGALOWS Looking for a really low cost cabin? Well, you might consider this plan, Stan.

“Sweetwater Bungalows are an affordable, versatile and attractive solution to increasing your living space needs with a wide range of uses. Richly atmospheric, intimate in scale and unsurpsassed in their ability to unite indoor and outdoor living, they offer virtually limitless space options in an affordable manner. With Sweetwater Bungalows innovative design and framework, they are unique to the market of prefabricated and semi-permanent shelters. These wonderful tensile structures combine the stability and protection of a wood frame with the lightness and beauty of fabric walls. Natural, ambient light bathes the interior of the Bungalow during the day, and by night, each structure glows with romantic tranquility. Together with framed in windows and a door, a cozy Bungalow is created. Weather-tight, durable and economical (from $25.00 SF, not including the platform), Sweetwater Bungalows bring you closer to nature and the great outdoors. Sweetwater Bungalows have enjoyed enthusiastic responses from satisfied customers all across the country. To ensure a high quality product, Sweetwater Bunaglows constantly strives to evaluate and implement desirable improvements to its tent cabins wherever practicable, and at all times to maintain an interactive relationship with customers whose input is of immeasurable value.”

Sweetwater Bungalows • PO Box 9684 • Truckee CA 96162 • Phone: 800-587-5054 / Fax: 530-579-1828
Email: ✉ info@sweetwaterbungalows.com

MECANO This is a rather large Australian company using steel for building many of their products. They sell sheds, kit homes, granny cabins w/o the granny of coarse.

“Welcome to Mecano. We manufacture our own products. Choosing a steel frame kit home, steel frame shed or carport from Mecano makes assembly easy and affordable. A Mecano Kit Home or Shed pieces together simply - All holes are pre-punched, and the pieces just slot together. Our Industrial Sheds use the bolt up system that we pioneered into the Australian market back in 1989. Our new Novelty shed and Deluxe Garage ranges provide customers with more stylish options for their sheds. Our Class 10 Cabins are more affordable than our Class 1 Cabins because they do not have the same level of council restrictions. Class 10 Cabins can not be legally lived in, however they can be used for a studio, games room, gym, bar and billiard room or anything else you fancy! For a legally livable cabin please see our Class 1 Cabin page.”

Mecano Kit Homes • Railway Court, Gympie • Phone: 1300 632266 or (07) 5481 1544
Fax: (07) 5481 1566

RESOLUTION: 4 ARCHITECTURE They have developed their own modular system "The Modern Modular". They also have their own prefab section. This is a business or company that seems highly productive. They have examples of all kinds of things they have designed and built, i guess. I do not like flash websites. Other than all the flash presentation, they have a lot of stuff.

Resolution: 4 Architecture • 150 West 28th Street Suite 1902 • New York NY 10001 • Phone: (212) 675-9266 • Fax: (212) 206-0944 •

info@re4a.com

MARTIN HOUSE-TO-GO This is a new find similar to the other company producing tiny homes on wheels.

"Fully equipped cabin-on-wheels can go where you go. Designed to travel on any road, anywhere. Where will you go? Have an extension cord and garden hose? That's all you need. Designed for ease of use. Everything you need at your fingertips. Simple. These versatile cabins are built to the highest standards to withstand rigorous travel, harsh climates, and constant use with little maintenance. Designed for a lifetime of outdoors sports, adventurous travel, your own Walden Pond cabin, or any creative idea you can you think of. Freedom in the Lodge-on-Wheels. How much time would you spend in a take-it-with-you portable cabin?"

Julie Martin, Founder • Phone: (228) 284-4700

WEST PEAK WOOD PRODUCTS They have at least 12 models showing on their website. Nice looking little units. Picture on the right is of their 14x20 Forester Cabin.

“Welcome to Westpeakwood.com! Our site is currently under construction, but please come back soon to see our selection of beautiful tiny cabins. We carry a complete line of affordable, beautiful Lodgepole Pine Cabins and Cottages. Do-it-yourself cabins include instructions for easy assembly. Take a look at our new beautiful line of Studios, Cabins and Cottages, Entertainment Centers, Garden Sheds, and Garages and Shops! Find out more about West Peak Wood Products, a family owned and operated company.”

West Peak Wood Products • Box 142 • # 8 - 6014 Vedder Road
Chilliwack, BC V2R 5P5 • Phone: (604) 703-0151 • (604) 703-0152
Toll Free: 1-888-703-0151 • Email: ✉ info@westpeakwood.com

GREEN COTTAGE KITS Picture on the right is of their "The Sinda Cabin". A sip or "structural insulated panel" prefab built cabin.

“Copeland Casati founded Green Modern Kits in 2006. Although a modern enthusiast, she grew up (and her parents still reside) in a home built in 1801. A Virginia native, she appreciates old farmhouses, Victorian brownstones, colonial and happy, yes, exuberantly happy cottage architecture. With the success of Green Modern Kits, she began receiving overwhelming requests to provide a solution for traditional enthusiasts... hence, Green Cottage Kits. Because modern IS timeless. And here, traditional. The housing crisis and concern over our earth propelled her to gather green building architects to help other people achieve home ownership; to invest in structures they can not just afford, but adore.”

Green Cottage Kits • Phone: 804-515-7886 • Contact Form

ROLLING HUTS Very unique concept and very usable also. These units were designed by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects. These huts are actually being used in Washington State as rental units.

"Whether you're a hiker, mountain biker or cross-country skier, the Rolling Huts, located in Washington's Methow Valley, are the perfect accommodation. Designed as a modern alternative to camping by Tom Kundig of "Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects" in Seattle, the six huts are grouped as a herd, each with views of the mountains. Each hut comes equipped with a small refrigerator, microwave, fireplace and Wi-Fi. A sleeping platform is perfect for two, and the modular furniture in the living area can be reconfigured to sleep two more. Each hut has an adjacent portable toilet, and full bathrooms and showers are housed in the centrally located barn a short distance away."

Rolling Huts • 18381 HWY 20 • Winthrop, WA 98862
Toll Free: (877) 223-1137 • Phone: (509) 996-4442 •

rental.info@rollinghuts.com

HOUSE PORT The makers call this the "Pop-Up House". It is a compact prefab low cost design. "The RTA (ready-to-assemble) construction means the Pop-Up House can be built quickly and easily. To help you and/or your contractor become familiar with the House Port building process, visit specific pages on our website."

“House Port, Inc. is a company whose completely new approach to home design, opens up an array of possibilities for individuals interested in a custom, modern home on any budget. The concept came about initially as a personal project of sculptor and House Port, Inc. CEO, Hally Thacher. Thacher sought to design a concept home that was sustainable, customizable and easy to construct. With a commitment to living green, Thacher's efforts resulted in the creation of the first Pop-Up House (located today in Joshua Tree, California) and the establishment of House Port, Inc. in 2004 after its completion. Most recently, Thacher constructed a new Pop-Up House in a matter of five weeks in Petaluma, California. For home buyers and developers seeking a new concept in home design that is sustainable, customizable and affordable, House Port offers a new way of living, creating an open, stylish and personal environment that can be set up practically anywhere. The Pop-Up House is the alternative to business-as-usual, traditional stick built housing. Although it has the advantages of being a permanent build on a solid foundation, it is easy, quick and less expensive to build because the prefabricated wall and roof systems help to eliminate expensive labor. Also, by shipping the components flat packed from locations as local as possible to the construction site, fuel costs are kept to a minimum. And there's less waste.”

House Port • 354 West 18th Street, Suite 1C • New York, NY 10011 • Toll Free: (877) 551-7678
Email: ✉ info@ehouseport.com

9TUBOHOUSE This website is all in Japanese, but you can click around and get a general idea of the small house.

“Some of the Google translation: If you are considering a purchase of houses, who wish to meet us at. The house has nine square meters, we are currently recruiting staff. Please contact us using the form below to apply please feel free. Bon appetit staff we will contact you soon. Toll-free reception is possible only in Tokyo. We have chosen and let. Please note. TOKYO - If you have not, until 03-5456-5833. Please contact us.”

Tokyo • Phone: 03-5456-5833

IT HOUSE This situation is confusing to me because they have several different websites with an inventory of different projects. This particular website features their iT house. But, check out their other projects on taalmankoch.

“Off-grid IT HOUSE. Pioneertown, California / Completed 2007. The itHouse is a design system developed by Taalman Koch that utilizes a series of components prefabricated off-site in order to better control the construction waste, labor, and quality of the finished product. Conceived as a small house with glass walls and open floor plan, the itHouse maximizes the relationship of the occupant to the surrounding landscape while minimizing the impact to delicate site conditions. Energy efficiency is achieved in the itHouse through passive heating and cooling, utilizing site orientation and cross ventilation, radiant floor heating, hi-efficacy appliances & equipment and the use of solar photovoltaic & thermal panels. To further enhance the experience of living in a glass house a graphic design is mapped to discreet areas of the glass walls, thereby creating framed views, sun-shading screen patterns and privacy zones. Artists Sarah Morris and Liam Gillick custom designed the outfit for the off-grid itHouse.”

Taalmankoch • 2404 Wilshire Blvd #11F • Los Angeles CA 90057 • Phone: (213) 380-1060

info@taalmankoch.com

CUTTING EDGE HOMES Well they have a couple or more models under 1000 SF. Some of their stuff is actually pretty neat looking. But you will have to click around and spend some time on their website to find the cool stuff. Picture on the right is of their Bay Cottage - 1 br / 1 ba - 492 SF.

“Cutting Edge Homes Inc. is a regional buildings systems company based in California. We have grown with the industry in California over the last five years and are known as one of the leading innovators in prefab building on the west coast. Our principals have over one hundred years of building and development experience, and include licensed contractors, real estate brokers, appraisers, and experienced developers. We approach each project with our clients or development partners with one critical question: What is the best building system for this project? We have observed many projects that are built either with the fad building system of the day or whatever the pet (and most profitable) system of the first salesperson to meet a client. We take an entirely different approach. There are many building systems that could be used on a particular project, but often one makes the most sense. We evaluate all of the options that a client has: HUD code manufactured; IBC modular; wood, foam, concrete, or steel framed panels; or stick-framed construction. Using a cost-benefit analysis, we develop a concept of the project, identify the needs and preferences of the stakeholders, and evaluate the local market factors. One system will rise to the top and we recommend it as the best system. This approach yields higher end values to our clients and results in more fitting and attractive finished projects. We do not take production deposits for items that we can not immediately put on order. We develop our projects methodically, only taking in money for what we are working on, and guaranteeing that funds will not be commingled between projects. Our staff are each screened thoroughly and come to us as development partners, through our contractors or suppliers, or through close personal referrals.”

Cutting Edge Homes Inc • 270 East Douglas Ave • El Cajon CA 92020 • Toll Free: (877) 280-6496

Info@cuttingedgehomes.net

MICHAEL FITZHUGH What you have to do is go to Projects then Residential and you will get to see his "Cottage Project". A very cool 14ft x 14ft Cabin. Michael Fitzhugh is a licensed Architect in both California and Michigan and is NCARB certified. He has a Master's degree in Architecture.

“Pre-fab Cottage is a modern, modular pre-fabricated structure based on a 14 foot square module. The cottages are built using structural insulated panels for floor, walls and roof, creating an extremely energy efficient building envelope. The 14' x 14' cottage base module can be assembled in several combinations and is adaptable to many different site conditions aided by its unique precast concrete foundation system. The project featured here is a newly completed residence utilizing four of the modules and a connector hallway. Built in a shop in Traverse City, Michigan the cottage was transported in sections to its site 60 miles to the South in Manistee County. Once transported the cottage modules were then assembled in five hours.”

Michael Fitzhugh • Traverse City MI • Phone: (231) 499-6965 •

Michael@mfarchitect.com

JERIKO HOUSE Now pay attention to this because they incorporate a different method to produce the end product. I think they break the prefab component down a little further than the usual process which allows for on-site building.

“Jeriko House is a Louisiana based company providing the finest in pre-fabricated modular-component housing. Utilizing the most innovative system in the home building industry, Jeriko is able to deliver homes with great functionality, performance, and versatility combined with cutting edge design; both timeless and timely. We at Jeriko House regard our building system as a platform, akin to the platforms of computers, that allows us to collaborate with suppliers, designers, and builders in radically new ways, providing expanding opportunities for home buyers to customize a home to their benefit and new opportunities for those in the home building and products industries to innovate. We are committed to realizing the full potential of this new technology, for every segment of the housing market and many other building markets as well. We aim to do for housing what the personal computer did for information technology. And we are determined to do this in an environmentally and socially responsible manner, incorporating the best and latest in sustainable technology and establishing high standards for work safety and home healthfulness. At Jeriko House, our goal is to bring the craft of home building fully into the 21st Century. We welcome you to explore our site and hope you will share our vision. If you are a supplier of home building materials, equipment, and furnishings and feel your products can add value to ours, we are eager to collaborate and encourage you to contact us. The Jeriko House building system offers all the benefits of pre-fab and modular architecture with none of their limitations. It does this by reducing its 'modules' to the scale of the very basic elements of a structure, frame, walls, windows, and all the fixtures that attach to them. This is what architects traditionally refer to as a 'kit-of-parts' building system -and one of the most sophisticated ever devised. A Jeriko House is a 'site built' home (and qualifies as such by lenders) that still enjoys the full benefits of industrial fabrication with no limits on possible variation in design. Its individual parts may be factory-made and standardized in their interconnection, but they have an infinite variety of ways they can be put together. Thus you get the fit, finish, strength and sophistication of the best a factory can produce with unlimited freedom of design and personalization.”

Jeriko House LLC • 2031 Metairie Road • Metairie LA 70005 •

info@jerikohouse.com

PIECEHOMES This is kinda like a prefab building system based on the idea behind legos, i guess. I like this though. Be sure and visit their Facebook page - lots of good info there.

“Davis Studio A+D is pleased to offer pieceHomes: a line of green, modern, modular homes. Built in factories across the US we can provide homes in most areas of the country. pieceHomes are "built to order" and each house receives individual attention. pieceHomes® is a line of green, factory-built modular houses designed by Davis Studio Architecture + Design. pieceHomes provides modern, more affordable homes that are healthier for you and the environment. We have a line of standard home designs, we can work with individual clients to design custom projects, and we are available to work with developers to create sustainable communities.”

Davis Studio • 13105 Venice Blvd • Los Angeles, California 90066 USA • Phone: (310) 572-6055

info@piecehomes.com

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