Noah Grunberg of Noble Home and JASONOAH shared with me this weekend his client’s blog charting her Noble Home being completed on Cape Cod.
Noble Homes are green, modern, and easy to construct. Each Noble Home is designed for each specific owner and building site to maximize natural resources such as views and solar energy. Learn more about the project at http://greentwig.blogspot.com/.
These hit Inhabitat a few weeks ago:
SG Blocks Container House Debuts at West Coast Green
Recycled Shipping Container Harbinger House
So-called “dream homes” seem like a fantastic solution to get people into clean, affordable housing. From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/09/24/container.homes.ap/index.html
Salem, MA-based Katie Hutchison highlights Public Architecture’s 1% Pro Bono campaign (note there’s three different links there) and cites Brandy Brooks of the Community Design Resource Center of Boston as saying:
I think there’s a lot of confusion about what architects do… People don’t recognize that they have a right to well-designed buildings and spaces. That this isn’t just an artistic service. It’s essential.
Big house in the country? Or smaller cottage in a quiet community?
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/can-a-big-house-in-the-country-be-green.php
Forbes Park in Chelsea, MA has received coverage on Inhabitat:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/18/forbes-park-by-urban-design-and-redevelopment/
Bob Swinburne, an architect in Brattleboro, VT, has a great blog chronicling his personal and professional viewpoints.
The article from Metropolis that I previously mentioned is now available online. From the article:
Because Zamore’s local shipping model is entirely different from that of prefab homes, he estimates that it will save thousands of dollars in warehousing, fuel, and delivery charges. “As the price of energy goes up, I’ve watched companies putting these modules on trucks and sending them over long distances,” he says. “I’m not doing that. The home site becomes the factory. Instead, I’m just selling information.” Rocio Romero, who makes site-built homes but ships the components from one factory in Missouri, finds what Zamore is doing timely. “I deliver from the factory in parts, and keep my homes on one flatbed truck to keep costs down,” she says. “But the cost of fuel has gone up 50 percent in the past three years, so I’m literally charging customers thousands of dollars more for each home.”
I really think this is a great model and provides some awesome options. I’ve been staring at floorplans at ZamoreHomes.com for weeks now. I’m currently eying the larger three-floor model, which is a really smart layout. Room for a dedicated home office on the ground floor, shared only with the garage. Living space and true master suite on the second floor. Kids’ bedroom up under the eaves.
Read the article at Metropolis.
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