The Royal Q Series by Kohn Shnier Architects
The Royal Q designed by Kohn Shnier Architects is a cabin in the wood, a refuge, a chalet, a place to get away to a place to build memories. The basic model is 620 sq.ft of efficient, modern design with two bedrooms, tons of storage, all of the necessities and a few of the niceties of life. Because not only the wealthy should be able to afford a home designed with flair and skill by a great architect.
Folded Bamboo and Paper Houses, Temporary Shelters for Earthquake’s Homeless by Ming Tang
After a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central China last May, killing 69,000 people, injuring hundreds of thousands and leaving millions homeless, China is planning an extensive reconstruction project that includes building more than 1.5 million temporary homes, which are expected to last two or three years. The central feature of Ming Tang project is the development of a temporary shelter for the homeless people, a kinetic structure that exhibits characteristics of umbrella and folded fans, with the potential of arranging themselves into various contexts and dwelling requirements.
Ming Tang named it as Bamboo + paper House, a self reconstructive structure for instant installations, which, according to the changing internal requirements and site topography, can produce potentially infinite scenarios.
02 Sustainability Treehouse
Dustin Fieder has designed this fabulous tree house inspired from the Japanese paper lantern. The geodesic structure offers superior weight and space efficiency. It is built with 100% sustainable materials, does not restrict or harm the tree in any way. The tree house design supports sustainable ideas through its form and function allowing one to experience nature as the birds do in an upper canopy tree haven.
Quik House by Adam Kalkin
The Quick House is three bedrooms and two bathrooms built in 2,000 square foot plan. This prefab is designed by Adam Kalkin and inspired from shipping containers. The basic kit comes with five modified containers witch you can modify such as a stainless steel kitchen with appliance and fireplace, mahogany door package, custom designed carpets…
At $76,000 it’s one of the cheapest and quickest prefab houses currently on the market.
Sport: a Scandinavian Prefab
The Sport is a prefab house designed by Maria Rutenskold, Johan Lionell and Jan Rustenskold. Some people call it the modern version of the classic weekend cottage. The particularity of this prefab house is that you have a large panoramic window in a great big open floor plan.
Thanks to its clean lines and its timeless character, this house blends as well in a seaside environment as in the country.
KitHaus
Kithaus is a perfect modular house that can be used as a studio of vacation. But the best thing about Kithaus is that you have the freedom to design the space any way you want because the modules are built with a patented MHS frame and clamping system. You have different modules tailor made which can be built like a jigsaw puzzle.
Toyota, Prefab House
Yes, you can have a Toyota prefab house. Imagine that, a house that matches with your car. You could even pick up the same colour maybe. The car manufacturer created 3 different house designs, which are Earthquake-resistant.
When there is money to be made, big companies are always in. What’s next? They could also sell candies.
The “It” House
Designers, fine artists and architects designed “iT” in a variety of styles, applying different sorts of glass to create a particular ambience in every room. The iT house is composed of a public wing and a private wing. The court which separates the house into two parts and is surrounded by sliding glass doors refreshes all the rooms around.
Studio 4601 Development Project
This prefab was designed by the students of Texas Tech University. With built forms, only forty percent of the site is occupied, the remainder is left to the public. The possibilities to change the layout are endless.
The project strives to connect the community with the residents in a seamless fashion. The proposed site development gradually moves from an extensive public park to be enjoyed by all, to the intimate confinements of overhead living space.
Huge Soccer Ball House
After the small soccer ball survivor house, here comes the king size soccer ball for all the family. We don’t know if it’s the kind of architecture that blends well with nature, but we are sure soccer fans will love it.
Socccer Ball Home
This is the kind of house we were dreaming of when we were kids. The Soccer ball-shaped houses, called “Barier,” are designed to resist an earthquake or a flood. They float on the sea and can be used as a rescue ship.
Baumraum Treehouses
I always dreamed of living in the trees. It’s not that I want to be a monkey, I just love to be surrounded by nature. When I was a kid, I thought the tree houses I built were the greatest in the world. That was until I discovered the ones that a German company called Baumraum builds. These are the most beautiful tree houses I’ve ever seen.
Tropical House By Jean Prouve
Jean Prouve, one of the great designers of this century, was trained as an ornamental ironworker in Nancy. In 1930 he achieved an innovative breakthrough, producing a plastic and technical form oriented to industrial practice and went on to become the progressive partner of significant architects and charismatic furniture designers.
Prouve designed the Tropical House in 1949 as a prototype for inexpensive, readily assembled housing that could be easily transported to France’s African colonies. Fabricated in Prouve’s French workshops, the components for the house were completed in 1951 and were flown disassembled to Africa in the cargo hold of an airplane. The house was erected in the town of Brazzaville, Congo, where it remained for nearly 50 years.
Australian Prefab By Andrew Maynard
I’ve been very excited by the modern prefab housing industry for some time now. The best designs and concepts I’ve seen lately come from an Australian designer, Andrew Maynard. He thinks that the production scheme of modern housing has to mimic the car industry. For him, prefab houses have to be well designed but also provide cheap housing. Maynard’s work makes the future look like a very nice place to live.
Hariri Pontarini Architects
The greater unifier of the spaces of this prefab house is the house’s exterior, a formidable assembly of teak window framing, copper detailing, and deliriously long, Algonquin limestone blocks: all enable the house to appear delicate and fortresslike at the same time. Living spaces anchor the center point from which the building’s two wings protrect. Yet what might otherwise be a bulky transition between zones is smoothed and unified by the use of gentle angles and curves: the roof slopes gradually upward over the gallery spaces and a corkscrew staircase connects the first and second levels.
Free Spirit Spheres
A nice place for meditation or to take pictures, Free Spirit Spheres can be hung from the trees as shown, making a tree house. They can also be hung from any other solid objects or placed in cradles on the ground. The spheres are made of two laminations of wood strips over laminated wood frames. The outside surface is then finished and covered with a clear fibreglass.
