Modern Modular: The Prefab Houses of Resolution: 4 Architecture - Softcover

Luntz, Robert; Tanney, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616890517 ISBN 13: 9781616890513

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2013

Synopsis

Prefabricated housing of high design and quality construction has long been an elusive goal for architects, where industry practices, bureaucratic regulations, and cost have always stood in the way- until now. The New York-based firm Resolution: 4 Architecture is revolutionizing prefab housing with their Modern Modular design system. Home designs based on modules of use intended for communal or private spaces are mixed and matched to achieve an infinite number of designs suited to eachbuyer's site, budget, and lifestyle. Modern Modular, the first book on the critically acclaimed firm, presents fourteen beautifully photographed case studies illustrating each step in their prefab system-from design and fabrication to transportation, siting, and final construction of distinctively modern and surprisingly affordable new homes.

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About the Author

Joseph Tanney and Robert Luntz founded Resolution: 4 Architecture in 1991. Their 2003 competition-winning entry, the Dwell Home, helped ignite renewed interest in prefabrication. They have since completed dozens more modular homes and have over 100 more in the works―all unique in their layouts and configurations yet born of a shared typological system.

From the Back Cover

The NYC-based firm Resolution: 4 Architecture has built more than twenty prefab homes across the United States, ranging in size from 500-square-foot cabins to 1,800-square-foot urban residences to 7,000-square-foot compounds. Their competition-winning entry for the 2003 Dwell Home Design Invitational helped ignite interest in prefab houses. Instead of designing a home and then trying to invent a system of production, the firm developed the Modern Modular prefab system. Home designs are based on "modules of use" intended for communal or private spaces. These modules can be mixed and matched to achieve an infinite number of designs suited to each buyer's site, budget, and lifestyle. This innovative system holds the promise of modern, affordable homes that can aesthetically transform the American domestic landscape. Each step of the Modern Modular prefab system is documented in the book, from the selection, configuration, and customization of the modules to fabrication, transportation, and final building construction. The firm's built work can be found in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616890517
• ISBN 13: 9781616890513
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192