by Nicholas Tamarin -- Interior Design, 1/23/2009

Looking for a prefabricated home for an infill location that's moderately priced, factory-built and sustainable? Then look no further than Builder LivingHome, a collaboration between Kieran Timberlake, the American Institute of Architects's 2008 Firm of the Year, and developer LivingHomes. Continue reading...

Vision 2020 is an online forum that brings architects, students and leading thinkers from the academy, business and policy into conversation about the collective challenges we will face in the year 2020.

Facilitated by Tony Vanky, Assoc. AIA and Andrew Caruso, Assoc. AIA, the electronic discussion is now online.  Stephen Kieran contributed his thoughts on the future architect, the future skill set, and the role of design research necessary for the future of the architectural profession.

Visit the site to read Stephen's comments and see what others have to say.

Illustration: Kerry Roper

WIRED MAGAZINE: 16.10

Instant Suburb of Prefabs Hits New York
By Andrew Blum

Tourists press up against the construction fence on the corner of 53rd and Sixth, staring speechless as a giant crane lifts an entire bathroom into the air and deposits it in what will be a master bedroom. Cellophane House is five stories tall, with floor-to-ceiling windows, translucent polycarbonate steps embedded with LEDs, and exterior walls made of NextGen SmartWrap, an experimental plastic laminated with photovoltaic cells. Its aluminum frame was cut from off-the-shelf components in Europe, assembled in New Jersey, then snapped together in 16 days on a vacant lot next to the Museum of Modern Art — joining four other full-size houses onsite through October as part of the exhibit Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. It looks as if a suburban cul-de-sac took a wrong turn at the Holland Tunnel.

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Our latest book, Loblolly House, Elements of a New Architecture is now available in bookstores.

Princeton Architectural Press, ISBN 9781568987477
7.5 x 10 inches (19.1 x 25.4 cm), Hardcover, 176 pages
125 color illustrations; 46 b/w illustrations

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