tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post6901546802118961094..comments2024-01-01T21:31:27.654-08:00Comments on UNCLE EDDIE'S THEORY CORNER: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PREFAB HOUSES?Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-86817359608070246682012-09-03T03:10:28.500-07:002012-09-03T03:10:28.500-07:00Prefab houses look so cool, but too small and unco...Prefab houses look so cool, but too small and uncomfortable! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-39256777940180405692009-05-16T22:46:00.000-07:002009-05-16T22:46:00.000-07:00That smarty Warren Buffett has sunk some of his co...That smarty Warren Buffett has sunk some of his considerable wealth into a company called Clayton Homes, which is manufacturing new green prefab houses called <A HREF="http://www.enn.com/lifestyle/article/39875" REL="nofollow">iHouse</A>. Yes, you got that right...<A HREF="http://www.claytonihouse.com/" REL="nofollow">iHouse</A>. Someone call Steve Jobs!<br /><br />Actually they look pretty kewl. If I win the lottery and also wind up with the plot of land in Arleta that supposedly I'm up to inherit, (the house currently there is shot to hell) I'm going to go for it.Michelle Klein-Hasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379713170249673023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-79859056756311047042009-05-13T23:36:00.000-07:002009-05-13T23:36:00.000-07:00Those Japanese dome-shaped houses are a kind of ho...Those Japanese dome-shaped houses are a kind of holiday cottage. They're at a kind of mountain retreat resort / theme park called Aso Farmland.<br />Info - <br />(if you read Japanese - if not the pictures are pretty!)<br />http://www.asofarmland.co.jp/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-43286356195558882672009-05-07T22:50:00.000-07:002009-05-07T22:50:00.000-07:00I think modern (i.e., everything after 1970) archi...I think modern (i.e., everything after 1970) architecture IS based on Legos!buzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-63195345506403217152009-05-04T08:10:00.000-07:002009-05-04T08:10:00.000-07:00Prefab doesn't have to mean on the ground...
http:...Prefab doesn't have to mean on the ground...<br />http://freshome.com/2008/10/08/baumhauser-amazing-prefab-treehouses-by-baumraum/<br /><br />What about having your own snail shell and carrying your house around with you?<br />http://www.n55.dk/MANUALS/SNAIL_SHELL_SYSTEM/SSS.html<br />It's from a Dutch pseudoanarchist design collective, how could anything go wrong?<br /><br />Build your own microhouse while you're at it- instructions included- it's waterproof!<br />http://www.n55.dk/MANUALS/MICRO_DWELLINGS/micro_dwellings.html<br /><br /><br />Eddie, you should do an entry at seasteading.<br />http://seasteading.org/<br />Microcountries on the sea- the way of the future!Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820218738395288867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-55639068534749214772009-05-03T14:55:00.000-07:002009-05-03T14:55:00.000-07:00How did you miss these?
http://www.fabprefab.com/...How did you miss these?<br /><br />http://www.fabprefab.com/fabfiles/containerbayhome.htm<br /><br /><br />40-ft. containers would seem a natural for real practical prefab.I.D.R.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08204918752374858278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-74093432457128668402009-05-03T14:54:00.000-07:002009-05-03T14:54:00.000-07:00Eddie,
I thought I'd mention this. Bob Jaques gav...Eddie,<br /><br />I thought I'd mention this. Bob Jaques gave me scans of the notes you gave him on the "Worm Paranoia" short. I posted it on my blog (Bob gave me permission to put it up)<br /><br />http://bakertoons.blogspot.com/2009/05/worm-paranoia-eddies-notes.htmlBrubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741995395720022279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-64226605043322038822009-05-03T10:22:00.000-07:002009-05-03T10:22:00.000-07:00They tried the le corbusier wine rack experiment ...They tried the le corbusier wine rack experiment when they were building Walt DisneyWorld for the contemporary resort. They finally gave up and did more of the construction on site. In David Koenigs book RealityLand ISBN 0964060523.<br /><br />Of course prefab is actually doing better than ever, the problem is, that the majority of it looks (and lasts?) every bit as cheap as it was to build, not much more than the double wide trailer tossed together <br /><br /> There is also nice well designed prefab out there, but you see more of it in magazines and books than the real world.Hans Flagonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244291751467906313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-58377945014235382942009-05-03T09:25:00.000-07:002009-05-03T09:25:00.000-07:00Just so nobody gets the wrong idea, the founder of...Just so nobody gets the wrong idea, the founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, is still alive.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599166686061320945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-12022933751675572812009-05-03T06:43:00.000-07:002009-05-03T06:43:00.000-07:00While shooting a film in Copenhagen, we frequented...While shooting a film in Copenhagen, we frequented a community called Cristiania. It's an off-the-grid "a city within a city" that was once a barracks for soldiers. In 1971, young and homeless people moved in (without the city's permission) and proclaimed Christiania a "free city." It's a huge cultural experiment - - "an oasis of self-government, collective spirit, and individual freedom" - - and the architecture reflects this. Christiana has some of the most eclectic structures we've ever seen.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-66966428570038974052009-05-03T06:13:00.000-07:002009-05-03T06:13:00.000-07:00I grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where many of the ...I grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where many of the early foam houses found a place in the early seventies, (the architect is fairly notable, but I forget his name). We lived for a time just over from the "Mushroom house" which appeared, with other local designs of it's kind, in Woody Allen's Sleeper. There's alot of rekindled interest in the Finnish design from that period (the flying saucer ski-lodge you posted here)--we built a replica of that very building at P.S.1 contemporary art center here in NYC for a show of contempo Finnish art. A sort of lounge. The Warhol fallout continues. Artworlders really don't care about art, but moreso clubs and scenes and subcultures and celebrity for its own sake...it's fukin' bleak... Animation and comics are in the toilet too. Dark Ages, Eddie. Where does one turn?Kirk Nachmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166276704512053376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-23741779997102390662009-05-03T02:23:00.000-07:002009-05-03T02:23:00.000-07:00Those igloos are adorable. They look like sets fro...Those igloos are adorable. They look like sets from a theme park.Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230232222104567527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-60097220364056877842009-05-03T01:48:00.000-07:002009-05-03T01:48:00.000-07:00I have a memory of seeing a book years ago about t...I have a memory of seeing a book years ago about the American West that reproduced pages of a 19th century catalog for ordering prefab stores, saloons, and other commercial buildings. It made sense to me that all that fancy fretwork and wood turning would be mass produced in the east and shipped out west by rail.kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503738414917449549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-22774731362648826952009-05-03T00:27:00.000-07:002009-05-03T00:27:00.000-07:00Frank: I don't remember where I got that picture. ...Frank: I don't remember where I got that picture. Try googling "Japan prefab" and see if anything turns up.Eddie Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-74099326078297095072009-05-03T00:21:00.000-07:002009-05-03T00:21:00.000-07:00aaaw i love the styrofoam igloo !aaaw i love the styrofoam igloo !3awashi thanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135711915492133966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-38193203725875580612009-05-02T23:17:00.000-07:002009-05-02T23:17:00.000-07:00Hey Eddie, I'm really intrigued by that last house...Hey Eddie, I'm really intrigued by that last house. Can we get more info/a link to see bigger photos?Frankhttp://frankcifaldi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-28158990613493821512009-05-02T23:05:00.000-07:002009-05-02T23:05:00.000-07:00Concrete furniture. File under S for "seemed like...Concrete furniture. File under S for "seemed like a good idea at the time."Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-9844166428097282162009-05-02T19:15:00.000-07:002009-05-02T19:15:00.000-07:00I live in Japan, but I don't think I've seen many ...I live in Japan, but I don't think I've seen many of these kinds of houses. I wish I had, though! Love these strange designs. It must be sort of scary to live in that wine-rack experiment.Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398177541958925740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-6130976287886907372009-05-02T18:11:00.000-07:002009-05-02T18:11:00.000-07:00I've seen tons of pre-fab houses back when I lived...I've seen tons of pre-fab houses back when I lived in Japan. Miraculously, I've never seen a single ice-cream shaped one, although I have vague recollections of houses similar to the ones you've posted.<br /><br />We always lived in those old-fashioned wooden home with pottery-tile roofs and sliding door. Cozy, although the lack of functioning air conditioning was a bitch. And centipedes...lots and lots of centipedes.Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741995395720022279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-57233448328025618002009-05-02T17:04:00.000-07:002009-05-02T17:04:00.000-07:00I really actually like the sound of this. the thou...I really actually like the sound of this. the thought of a house that looks like a mini city, and a functional hexagonal house seems pretty cool!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975751161143205872noreply@blogger.com