Being a former architecture student, most of my friends know that I'm a big fan of some of the modern prefab home designs that have come about in the last few years or so. In fact, most of those same friends are probably sick of hearing me drone on and on about these architectural fantasies. The cool, slick modern design features such as eco-friendly bamboo flooring, recycled concrete/glass/paper countertops, gigantic view windows, ethanol burning fireplaces, modular vs SIPs construction blah, blah, blah... I could go on and on, trust me. Well, even though the dream of Prefab becoming widespread and available to everyone has taken a big hit because of the sorry state of the world economy and the closing down of one of the industry's major players (Michelle Kaufmann Designs), I'm still keeping the faith.
Now, I've had many a favorite prefab design over the years, starting with some of Kaufmann's work, and I'll probably have many more in the years to come. My latest crush though, has to be an entry by S.F. Bay area firm Simpatico Homes that features many of the things mentioned above as well as a green roof, a floorplan the perfect size and layout for my lot, an awesome roof deck area to take advantage of my north/northeast mountain views, and just a great overall design and green/sustainable philosophy.
Now if only that elusive Lotto win would just come my way I'd be all set and could actually afford one of these prefabs. Ah well... one can still dream right? You can check out the latest object of my affection at the simpaticohomes website
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