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In January 2003, we issued a challenge to 16 architects: Design a modern prefab home for $200,000. Here’s the story of the house that resulted from that challenge—and what we learned along the way.
* By: Allison Arieff
* Photos by: Roger Davies* Project Name: Dwell Home
* Architects: Resolution: 4 Architecture* Published in: December 04
dwell house exterior deck portraitview in slideshow
In April 2001, Dwell devoted an issue to prefab homes. Featured projects included a black-and-white post-and-beam house in Fox Island, Washington; a high-end penthouse manufactured in Sweden, shipped by boat, and then craned onto London rooftops; and a page on R. Buckminster Fuller’s prefab bathrooms. It was a fascinating topic, but—magazine deadlines being what they are—we barely scratched the surface.
dwellhomeexteriorportraitdriveway.jpgview in slideshowWieler and Tung enjoy two of the home’s several decks.The home is clad in red cedar siding and features a multitude
