Cottage in a Day

Cottage in a Day sells green prefab structures of various sizes and applications. They call it Cottage in a Day because the structures can be assembled in a day [duh] in as little as five hours. I like the design and I especially love the emphasis on outdoor space; the exterior deck is almost as large as the interior living space. 

You can adjust the design to include or exclude facilities and kitchens, perfect for occasional rooms or office space away from a main house. You can even add a loft. The prices are reasonable; the smallest with a kitchen and bathroom is $56,000. 

Hat tip [PreFabCosm]

Inside the Cube with Inhabitat + Mark Baez

A very cool modular building made of prefab 10' cubes. This one is in Venice, CA but more are on the way. It costs only $100 per sq foot to construct. 

Some cool features: walls and doors that easy to remove and reconfigure, concrete floors heated by hot water that is warmed by the solar panels, and a garage is sodded so grass can grow, increasing the oxygen levels in the home. 

The only thing I would change is find some way to tint the panels to bring in a little more color/warmth to the space. But I guess good old fashioned nature will take care of that. 

This Inhabitat link has pictures of the space. Very Japanese feel. I would sooo live here. 

P.S. Anyone near Venice, could you hunt this down?

[Hat tip: Prefabcosm + Inhabitat]

Weehouse

A more modernist take on prefab/minimalist dwellings. I definitely dig. The design is called the Weehouse. They have a 'one box' for $65k but that seems only suitable for an office. A proper 1BR at 672 sq ft is $125k. You can add boxes to make larger and larger dwellings.

UPDATE: I laughed at this entry today [Sunday] because on the one hand, I'm extolling the virtues of a space roughly 100 sq ft yet I sneered at the 350 sq ft 'one box' studio. Old habits are hard to break. 

Hat tip [Kempt]