Archive for March, 2007
March 7, 2007 at 11:22 am · Tags: BokLok, Ikea
Last year, Ikea built forty of their Boklok homes in Glasgow. Today, a £200 deal has been announced to build 1,200 of the homes in Glasgow over the next five years.
A £200Million housing project using Ikea flatpack homes is to be launched in Glasgow today.
The scheme will see 1200 family houses built over the next five years in Drumchapel.
As exclusively revealed by the Evening Times last year, around 40 of the properties will be Ikea flatpacks, the first time the Swedish company’s prefabricated homes will have been used in Scotland.
Smart-living “Boklok” homes are a big hit in Scandinavia with their open-plan designs, high ceilings and large windows.
Today all the partners involved in the project were signing off the contracts in a ceremony at Glasgow City Chambers.
Summerhill councillor Paul Carey said: “Today we are giving the green light to the largest single regeneration scheme in Scotland.”
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March 6, 2007 at 11:31 pm · Tags: Security, Strange
We usually stick to high tech homes, but this one caught our eye: Delta Scientific, a firm that produces various prefabricated shelters and objects for high security areas like military bases, is now shipping a prefabricated “room” for the opening of mail, in the hopes of limiting a building’s exposure to anthrax, explosions, etc.
March 6, 2007 at 11:23 pm ·
An exhibit is taking place at the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) that covers the roots of prefabricated homes in the early 20th century. Architectural Record was kind enough to provide an interview with professor Evie T. Joselow that portrays the development of prefabricated housing in America, the later stigma that developed around the term prefabricated, and closes with some perspective from Professor Joselow on connections to today’s modernist, eco-friendly prefabricated homes.
March 6, 2007 at 4:35 pm · Tags: Alchemy
Alchemy’s weeHouse is a modular system that really encompasses a great deal of the ambitions of the modernist, prefab movement. The modules are built using sustainable materials, are reasonable in size, and can be transported on a truck, already assembled. What is great about the weeHouse is just how customizable it is; this ability is evident in the various weeHouses already built: each one seems very unique. Furthermore, the weeHouse can be built in a number of factories around the country, reducing transportation costs and energy use.
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March 5, 2007 at 12:30 am · Tags: LivingHomes, US
Core77 has a lengthy (26 minute) interview with Steve Glenn covering where LivingHomes came from, what its goals are, and the LEED for Homes rating process.
