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By: Inhabitat » DWELL ON DESIGN 07: Building Community in a Modern World

Inhabitat » DWELL ON DESIGN 07: Building Community in a Modern World — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:32:34 +0000

[...] on Design is coming back to San Francisco, and we’re counting the days already. Running Friday, September 14th through Sunday, [...]

By: E

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:18:03 +0000

how about some picture captions

By: James Wiese

James Wiese — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:53:50 +0000

So how much is the shipping to the Big Island?

What is the efficiency of a solar cell roof, and can it capture enough energy to run a modern home in Hawaii,
on the Big Island?

I am assuming that these can be set up with a cistern and a septic pit.

It is this or Bob Villas home made of metal containers from shipping, with windows and doors cut with a plasma
torch, and insulated with a spray derived from the space shuttle tiles.

The Villas home is considered hurricane proof, though, and I believe is thus not considered a “mobile” home,
which I gather is still a problem with the Glassic Soho. That me be a problem in Hawaii, as well. Resolve that issue, though, and you will hit a home run.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:24:11 +0000

Craig,

The final production version of the Christopher Deam “Perfect Cottage” will be sold by Breckenridge as the “Glassic Soho” line. There will be three models: the Soho Flat which is the production version of the all-in-one model that’s been making the rounds of the shows for the last year or so, the Soho Studio which has no sleeping area but does have a full galley kitchen and larger living/dining area, and the Soho Sleeper which has no kitchen but does have two sleeping areas and a study/TV area. Apparently, the latter two models are to be used together as a larger home.

This could be a relatively low-cost, low-hassle way to have a Modernist home.

This information and pictures are at a new Breckenridge site which has surfaced in the last few days. The site is still under construction. Some of the links on it don’t work yet. Here’s the URL: http://breckenridgefinerliving.com

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:08:18 +0000

Craig,

The final production versions Christopher Deam “Perfect Cottage” will apparently be sold by Breckenridge as the “Glassic Soho” line. There will be three models: the Soho Flat, the production version of the all-in-one model thats been displayed for the last year or so,the Soho Studio which has no bedroom area, but has a full galley kitchen, and larger dining/living area, and the Soho Sleeper which has no kitchen but two bedroom areas and a small study/TV area. I think these latter two are meant to be used together for a larger home.

I think these could be a very nice relatively low-cost, low-hassle means to a modern domicile.

The site with this information has just surfaced in the last few days, apparently. It’s still under construction and not all of the links work yet. Here is the URL: http://breckenridgefinerliving.com

By: Walt Barrett

Walt Barrett — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:46:14 +0000

We are ready to immediately start mass producing solar powered micro homes. I am behind the concept 100%. Our problem here in RI is that the land is sky high. If we can find clients in other areas we are prepared to move forward and ship them knocked down. We could use some feedback. I have found the information in your posts to be extremely helpful. Please keep up the good work!
Walter H. Barrett President
http://www.solar100.com
http://www.chinadepot.com
http://thenextbillionaireswillbegreen.blogspot.com/

By: Mike Springer

Mike Springer — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:32:27 +0000

“Green designs” are great but won’t catch on until the public is forced to build homes using these principals due to cost.
The current crop of prefabs won’t catch on becuse they cost too much. The breckenridge trailer looks awesome but $45,000 dollars?????????? Even if it was fully furnished with fixtures etc. you could easily duplicate for less built on site.
What happened to all the great ideas of the 70’s? They may look dated but worked. I grew up in kansas and on our block we had a pre-cut two story high log cabin, a pre-cut a-frame kit and a nieghbor that had full solar power. Also there were quite a few geodesic homes in our area.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:26:25 +0000

Are you going to offer any pictures of Deam’s Perfect Cottage? I’ve been champing at the bit for more pictures and any new information about it!

By: Kevin at TasteTV

Kevin at TasteTV — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:42:23 +0000

You’re doing a fantastic job covering this event! (from Kevin at TasteTV.com)