Sunday, 19 October 2008

The 7.83 HZ Prefab Home by Youmeheshe











The 7.83 HZ prefab house is a fantastic modular home concept designed by London-based architecture firm Youmeheshe, the firm of architects Simon Beames and Simon Dickens, The home is reconfigurable and low cost. The 7.83 HZ prefab house made from precut, biodynamically grown wooden panels, which are doweled together onsite rather than glued, this prefab house is designed to be delivered on just two trucks - ensuring an overall zero carbon impact.



















This innovative and potentially revolutionary architecture design would make a carbon-neutral, eco-friendly prefab house available to the mass market. At an estimated budget of $170,000, the 7.83 HZ houses are to be arranged in a terrace-style on small streets or clustered in small groups, thus creating communities and allowing for economical and ecological power generation.



















This prefab home is also highly adaptable. It is designed around a central core, through which service areas run and heat rises. The unique layout of this two-story/three-story, organic house can be adapted to meet the changing needs of the occupants; ceilings or walls can easily be added or taken away for a simple makeover. For example, the interior can be altered as families grow or shrink, with floors added to create new bedrooms and removed to create double-height living rooms or even a roof garden.
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Prefab homes by Hive Modular

















Prefab homes by Hive Modular are practical, functional, well-designed homes. The prefab B-Line is named for it’s “Bar” shape; keeping a simple and elegant form to provide maximum value and interest while controlling cost and size. The B-Line homes provide gracious living for those who believe less can be more.
















The Hive prefab homes are available in a small, medium and large version of the basic model, any of which can be ordered with a flat or pitched roof, with clean modern or traditional siding and windows and with or without an attached garage.

The B-line small is ideal for use as a cabin or second home. The medium version is a great choice for urban infill lots or where a smaller full-featured home is desirable. The large version of these prefabricated houses is a wonderful home for a medium sized family or empty-nesters who need a guest room.

Hive Modular sells several models of contemporary modular homes with an emphasis on excellent architectural design.
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