Monthly Archives: December 2011

CNBC Article on Prefabricated Homes

Nice to see some additional mainstream press for prefab homes recently — this time from CNBC in an article entitled Assembly is Required for These Kit Homes. The introduction: “Despite seemingly endless interest in decorating, landscaping, buying, staging and selling … Continue reading

Benefits of Prefab LEEDS Green Home

Listen closely as CEO of LivingHomes, Steve Glenn gives you several solid reasons for stepping away from the norm and choosing a LEEDS Platinum Home. In fact, the home featured in this segment is the very first private residence to … Continue reading

Safe and Effective Modular Home Construction

Want to stay abreast of how modular home construction works? This video reveals to you to what is necessary to construct a prefab modular home once all the modules have been delivered to the home site. Right off the bat … Continue reading

Mobile Homes

Mobile homes are amongst the most recognizable type of all prefab houses. Also commonly referred to as trailers, the evolution of mobile homes has been pretty drastic and notable. Though many of the older mobile homes still exists, there is … Continue reading

Manufactured Homes

Manufactured homes, also known sometimes as mobile homes, are a form of prefabricated buildings or prefabricated home.  This type of home is manufactured elsewhere and then shipped to wherever its final destination will be. Such homes must meet certain specifications, … Continue reading

Modular Homes

Modular homes are a type of prefabricated home. They are assembled section by section and made up of modules, hence the name, oftentimes with a frame. Each section is built off-site and away from where the home will eventually be … Continue reading

Prefabricated Buildings

Prefabricated buildings differ from those built in a traditional manner, from the ground up. In this article, when we refer to prefabricated buildings, we’re not just referring to prefab homes — though these are the most popular types of prefab … Continue reading

How Modular Home Installation Works

Learn in this video why modular homes are the nations fastest-growing segment of the home building industry. Modular homes are built to the same codes as required for traditional stick built homes while using efficient and precise construction technology. What … Continue reading

Who’s Who of Prefab Houses at MoMA

Step inside this cutting-edge show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York known as Home Delivery. This video segment is an interview by SMAC of three different design teams: 1. Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake of the Cellophane … Continue reading