Comments on: PREFAB FRIDAY: Clever Homes

By: d.k.

d.k. — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:27:12 +0000

I agree about the lack of a interior peek, or a floor plan; not only that, it looks like there may be underground
collection of rainwater, based on the 3 exterior mock-ups— which means excavation, which ain’t cheap OR green really….

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:18:54 +0000

Where is more about the Prefab Pictured Jil?

By: Clever Homes

Clever Homes — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:50:48 +0000

[...] Ecotimber floor systems and photovoltaic roofs, you can make them as green as you want.” Via Inhabitat. » original [...]

By: dia scholvinck

dia scholvinck — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:58:49 +0000

Can anyone give me information as to where to start in terms of building a green sustainable 800sq.ft. penthouse in Manhattan, NYC. It needs to be light weight and no higher than 10ft. All the hook-ups are already on the roof and I have been researching Hambro composite joists (is there not an American manufacturer of such beams?). The mini-house seems to be just the style of what I would want – can I buy two and link them? Can I forward my design to someone who would take it from there? How much does a mini-house cost? Would it pass NYC code? Etc. etc. Please talk to me. Thank you, Dia

By: rap

rap — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:33:00 +0000

I’d like to see more interiors. Plenty of inside light is mentioned but all the pics I see are quite dark.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:37:34 +0000

I like the clever houses! Alsolike your post!

By: royal

royal — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:17:18 +0000

cannon, I concur. I went searching locally (Savannah, GA) and found a shipping container office for $4000. Couldn’t find a residential model, though. Still, that’s pretty cheap. When someone else gets around to being that cheap with modular housing I’ll dive right in. For now, though, mobile homes are still the cheapest option around.

By: cannon

cannon — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:56:53 +0000

Has anyone actually built any of these pre-fab homes? I see all of these computer renderings of these homes and very few actual photos of interiors and client buildings. Can anyone vouch for any prefab builders that truely delivers on the promises of low cost, high quality, and easy to design/deliver?

By: majchers

majchers — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:47:14 +0000

Yeah… flash sucks. I can understand (?!) guys over-doing and over-using it for sites not related to art but why there is so much Flash and why is it so badly used on architectural sites is beyond me. To make things worse – some of the top notch architects have their sites designed that way too. What’s going on guys?

By: frances

frances — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:04:01 +0000

re: Flash sites
Another problem is that web spiders don’t pick up sites w/ flash opening pages, so they are invisible to search engines.

By: mod*mom

mod*mom — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:29:37 +0000

thanks for the heads up that they have more pictures on their site.
now i want inerior pictures of atleast the mini.

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:01:37 +0000

Flash obstructed the will to look further, looked pretty good though.

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:47:24 +0000

Ha ha! You kidder you, Eric…
We appreciate the good-humored comments …..keeps us on our toes and keeps things fun for us.
So please keep ‘em coming!

And yes people – please stop with the “send us more information” comments. For the umpteenth time, we are a magazine, not a store, and we are not going to send you information.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:21:52 +0000

I love your houses, can you please send me more information?
Just kidding, what would pre-fab fridays be without one of those!?

Nice to see Clever Homes back in the mix. I’m eager to see more of these in the ground and get a feel for where it leads. They (like Dwell/Empyrean) seem to be hinting at larger homes in the works which might be more an issue of demand than anything else but an observer is naturally left to wonder – has this whole thing missed the mark or is it just finding its market? Sometimes I think it might be both.

By: Richie

Richie — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:32:55 +0000

Cool Designs,

Maybe building a 24′ x 24′ x 24′ Concrete Block Cube with a half width mezzanine (wood framing) would be more cost effective and most spectacular looking ? (Artful irregular window openings would be essential to create a modern ‘sculpture that you can live in’ kind of effect). The Bath, Kitchen & Utility room would locate underneath Mezzanine; while the Bedroom, Bath & Study/ Guest Bedroom would inhgabit the Mezzanine itself. There’d be a double height Living/Dining space (20′ x 12′). The mezzanine would provide stairs to a roof deck with 4′ high parapet walls all around. This Cube could sit atop a basic concrete slab foundation. The design could also be rendered with Stucturally Insulated Panels (SIP’s) clad with Gavalume, instead of concrete block… and the Mezzanine could also be built from ‘Steel king’ ( http://www.steelking.com ) ‘off the shelf’ industrial ‘pre-fab’ steel mezzanine componets. A design like this would give you a ton of space for very little cost.

By: David - In Bali

David - In Bali — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:01:18 +0000

I sense a movement! It surprising to me how many web sites for commercial “big boys” (ie: builders, suppliers, promoters, etc.) continue to dissapoint by being too busy, too arty, too industrial, too everything except efficient and pleasing, Maybe it’s time for greening the web – think of the hours spent lost in the maze or on dead ends, then add a price tag. ????

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:11:59 +0000

Hurray to Mystech for commenting on the linked-to site. Let’s hold site designers publically accountable.

I don’t like the Flash either, but at least the Clever Homes site has reasonable navigation and usability.

By: David Carlson

David Carlson — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:19:47 +0000

Very nice! Here are two Swedish house producers with some nice prefabs. Arkitekthus has houses by Claeson, Koivisto and Rune, Thomas Sandell and Gert Wingårdh to mention a few: http://www.arkitekthus.se/
Pinchouse is also worth checking out here: http://www.pinchouse.se/

By: Mystech

Mystech — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:04:10 +0000

So many lovely ideas trapped in so many awful websites. Please, for the love of all that is holy, ease up on the Flash, people!