Here is a preview from the install of our new Jackson Hole Custom project by Chris Pardo Design. The home consists of 6 modules and was installed in the snow in half a day:
The West Coast Method Factory is full and gearing up to stay busy through the spring. Here is a preview of projects currently underway:
We have more exciting work on the horizon and look forward to sharing details on these projects and the new custom East Hampton residence now underway at Method East. Thanks for reading and stay tuned!
The mention of “portable” classrooms—or any similar term—puts fear into the hearts of parents with school-age children. Regardless of whether you call them portable, modular, or temporary classrooms, they conjure up unwelcome images of shoebox-like structures with few windows, stuffy air, and noisy and ineffective mechanical systems. But now several design firms, nonprofit organizations, and prefab building companies are developing improved portable classrooms that address these problems and allow schools to expand quickly and sustainably.
A couple months back we posted a look from the set of the new Element 3 home in Cloverdale, California by Chris Pardo Design. The home is now nearing completion. Here is a first look at the (almost) finished product:
2013 has been an eventful year for Method Homes. It has been great looking back on all of the year’s events, photos, projects, and benchmarks. Method is thankful for our amazing team, partners, clients, and the opportunity to continue to break the bounds of what is possible with prefab construction. Here is a look at some of our 2013 highlights.
HOMB by Method Homes and Skylab Architecture
The year began with the unveiling of the Portland HOMB, the prototype for our joint venture HOMB Modular in partnership with Skylab Architecture.
Following shortly after was the construction and installation of the first commercial instance of HOMB, a high end custom ski lodge.
The Habitat for Humanity House of the Immediate Future, a net-zero hybrid modular prototype designed by The Miller Hull Partnership, reached several project benchmarks in 2013. Unveiled in 2012 at the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair, the home was deconstructed following the showcase and moved to its permanent location in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. Method was happy to celebrate the move and the completion of the home with a great team of project partners.
We had the opportunity to once again collaborate with Miller Hull, this time on a commercial project: the 12,000 square foot LEED Silver expansion of Seattle’s Taproot Theatre. (Photo credit above to Chi Duong of Miller Hull).
One of the first executed projects under the Method Prefab commercial umbrella was SEED, a portable classroom prototype developed by the SEED Collaborative. SEED Classrooms are designed and built to meet the rigorous standards of the Living Building Challenge. CEO of the Living Future Institute Jason F. McLennan, who created the Living Building Challenge, was able to attend the ribbon cutting for the first SEED Classroom, which was unveiled in downtown Seattle during International Living Future’s annual conference.
2012 and 2013 were busy years for Method projects, and we are happy to have collaborated with the talented Joshua Wells of Alpinfoto Photography to capture the finished results of many of them. Thanks for your talent, professionalism, and sense of humor Josh!
In June, the Method crew traveled to Los Angeles for Dwell on Design with our net-zero Paradigm prototype. It received a very positive response at the prefab showcase. It is always great to connect with Dwell and their audience as big supporters of prefab.
The late summer and fall were seasons of travel to a number of scenic and remote locations of our new homes, including a cabin built on an organic bison ranch in Oregon (above) and one at the foothills of an Alaskan ski hill in Girdwood.
Not a bad view: a look at the custom ski cabin underway in Girdwood, Alaska.Not a bad view: a look at the custom ski cabin underway in Girdwood, Alaska.
Also included on the itinerary were travels back East as we officially launched our East Coast division Method East, opening a new manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. Our first official Method East project was a Method Cabin Model 1 in Virginia (above). Hello East Coast!
Method Homes Co-Founders
In October, Method landed a spot on Seattle Business Magazine’s Green 50 list and was awarded Silver in the Manufacturing Category. Pictured above Method Co-Founders Brian Abramson and Mark Rylant at the awards ceremony accepting the award. It is an honor to make this list as sustainability and innovation continue to be Method’s core values.
We have continued to see a great amount of interest in Method Homes from the California market and have ramped up our California work throughout the year, including a recent custom Tahoe project (above), and others underway for Sonoma, Tiburon, and Occidental.
In December, we came full circle back to Seattle where we installed our new custom townhome project by Chris Pardo Design: Elemental Architecture. The townhomes are now available for presale and will be ready for tours shortly.
We ended the year with a celebration of the completion of the Taproot Theatre project with the opening of their Christmas play. Stay tuned as we plan to organize an event in this space to showcase our commercial prefab work.
These are just a sample of our projects and events in the last year. Please check back on the blog and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest Method happenings.
Thanks to for the continued support of Method. Onward to 2014!
Hybrid prefab prototype built for Habitat for Humanity receives silver in Professional Builder's Systems Built/Modular category.The House of the Immediate Future was conceived to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1962 World's Fair. The project was meant to give a nod to the housing exhibits at the fair, which were neat but exuberant modular assemblages.
Read the full article here.
A few weeks back, we mentioned the site work prep for a new cabin headed for the B.C. Channel Islands. The 2,000 square foot cabin is a three bedroom, one bath custom design that will be used primarily as a summer getaway and fishing cabin. The waterfront site is 40 acres that is accessible only by boat or plane and sits off the power grid.
We will go more into detail on the custom finishes in an upcoming post. In the meantime, here are a few preview shots of progress over the last couple of weeks:
More pics coming soon…
