Comments on: PREFAB FRIDAY: Michelle Kaufmann Glidehouse http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:27:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kristi Kinghttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/comment-page-1/#comment-49810 Kristi King Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:41:49 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/#comment-49810 Beautiful work for prefab housing! I just returned from visiting (what used to be) Greensburg, Kansas. As you may have heard, Leonardo DiCaprio is teaming up with the Discovery Channel to chronicle the rebuilding of Greensburg as a "green" town. Greensburg was virtually wiped off the Kansas map by a massive tornado on May 4 of this year.My challenge to ANY designer working on pre-fab design is to design an affordable, sustainable, eco-friendly home that will also stand up to the extremes of Kansas weather. Granted, nothing will stand up through an F-5 tornado, but most of the prefab housing I've seen here and in other publications would never make it through the blizzards of winter and the storms of summer in a typical Kansas year. The only buildings that remained standing in Greensburg were built out of brick, which isn't exactly a prefab material. Beautiful work for prefab housing! I just returned from visiting (what used to be) Greensburg, Kansas. As you may have heard, Leonardo DiCaprio is teaming up with the Discovery Channel to chronicle the rebuilding of Greensburg as a “green” town. Greensburg was virtually wiped off the Kansas map by a massive tornado on May 4 of this year.

My challenge to ANY designer working on pre-fab design is to design an affordable, sustainable, eco-friendly home that will also stand up to the extremes of Kansas weather. Granted, nothing will stand up through an F-5 tornado, but most of the prefab housing I’ve seen here and in other publications would never make it through the blizzards of winter and the storms of summer in a typical Kansas year. The only buildings that remained standing in Greensburg were built out of brick, which isn’t exactly a prefab material.

]]> By: Inhabitat » PREFAB FRIDAY: mkLotus at West Coast Greenhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/comment-page-1/#comment-49321 Inhabitat » PREFAB FRIDAY: mkLotus at West Coast Green Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:23:35 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/#comment-49321 [...] lighting, green building materials, and the same indoor/outdoor living integration featured in her Glidehouse and Sunset [...] [...] lighting, green building materials, and the same indoor/outdoor living integration featured in her Glidehouse and Sunset [...]

]]> By: Norma Leistikohttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/comment-page-1/#comment-6563 Norma Leistiko Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:07:38 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/#comment-6563 Michelle, great stuff, you are on the right track. How about something smaller, tiny, for us with less cash to spend. Can you mail the prefab to my homesite? Michelle, great stuff, you are on the right track. How about something smaller, tiny, for us with less cash to spend. Can you mail the prefab to my homesite?

]]> By: respond1http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/comment-page-1/#comment-6174 respond1 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:57:01 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/#comment-6174 Although these homes appear beautiful in the images, the cost of the home itself paired with the site design costs realistically puts it on the more expensive end of the modern prefab options. Although these homes appear beautiful in the images, the cost of the home itself paired with the site design costs realistically puts it on the more expensive end of the modern prefab options.

]]> By: blesthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/comment-page-1/#comment-6156 blest Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:00:00 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/09/08/prefab-friday-michelle-kaufmann/#comment-6156 She has done some beautiful designs. I just wonder how expensive these homes are to errect and if they would be worth building here in South Africa. She has done some beautiful designs. I just wonder how expensive these homes are to errect and if they would be worth building here in South Africa.

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