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Prefab For The Kids

By Ty Wenzel • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Gadget Garage, Product & Merch

Visit Design Mind!

These are fun modern structures for the kids to play with that wont break the bank the way some modern play structures will. They even have furniture to finish off the home.

3 LEVEL WOODEN MODERN DOLLHOUSE [...]



Urban Nomad: Smallest Portable Homes 2008 Email from 8.12.08

By Ty Wenzel • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Interiors Exteriors

The Micro Compact Home
When you think about getting away, you usually think about a tent and boots or a suitcase and a hotel room, but there are a few enterprising folks who have really pioneered the art of nomadic living, urban or otherwise, with a high degree of comfort. Here then is my list [...]



Vacation home on Stilts

By Ty Wenzel • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Architecture

“This 1,000 square-foot weekend cabin, basically a steel box on stilts, can be completely shuttered when the owner is away. Situated near a river in a floodplain, the 20’ x 20’ square footprint rises three stories and is topped by the living room/kitchen. Large, 10’ x 18’ steel shutters can be closed simultaneously using a [...]



Pre-Fab Fabulousness!

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Interiors Exteriors

I’m really into the Pre-Fab movement but when I saw these prints from an authentic 1970s pre-fab, I realized how much our tastes have come full circle. The interior, color palette, furnishings are so now that I think that anyone could live in this fabulous pod without seeming out of date.

venturo prefab, originally uploaded [...]



Compact by Stylish Living: LoftCube is here!

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Style for Less Dough

When I see something as spectacular as the LoftCube, I wish I could start my adult life all over again. Instead of buying my little studio in the West Village, I would have bought a LoftCube for around $120,000, had it assembled on some cheap land (back then) in the Hamptons, and furnished [...]



Modern, Prefab Sheds NYT

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Interiors Exteriors

We’ve had our eye on the trend for pre-fabricated modern sheds for a while — with the recent addition of Kithaus to the lineup at Design Within Reach and the upcoming MoMA exhibit on prefab housing, this could be just the beginning…

The New York Times real estate magazine Key takes a look at the [...]