We are working towards completion of the Peninsula Shift home, our first built example of the Shift Model from the Elemental Series. The Shift was designed by Elemental Design LLC and has generated a lot of interest since the early summer set.The home has a nice list of custom upgrade features: custom blonde Bamboo cabinetry with Caesarstone Blizzard countertops and matching Bamboo flooring, a 3-sided fireplace, custom bathroom tile and concrete double vanity bathroom sink, a barn door that expands two rooms, tongue and groove Cedar siding and decking, green roof, and rooftop decking, to name a few.Pictured in the gallery are detailed shots of the exterior Cedar siding and a peak at the kitchen, cabinetry, fireplace, and rooftop deck. One of the Shift's standout features is the cantilevered upper module that creates a breezeway between the home and the garage (also pictured).We look forward to sharing detailed finished photos of this project.
Method Prefab built the 21-module annex for Seattle’s Taproot Theatre Company that was installed in the beginning of April. Four months later, the 12,000 square foot project designed by The Miller Hull Partnership is slated for completion and will open its doors for the Fall, possibly with the official public opening in time for their December show.As of this week, interiors are nearly finished, with railings being put on the steel and glulam wood tread staircase and completion of the new scene shop. Cross-bracing has been installed on the front exterior and the the dark gray sil-leed siding on the bottom half of the South facing façade will follow. Pictures in the gallery above show the lobby with a tongue and groove accent ceiling, the installed chestnut orange cladding, detail of the new staircase, and the 85th street view of the theatre prior to cross bracing and lower siding being installed. We will continue to update on progress as we turn the corner to completion and keep you posted on Taproot's plans for unveiling their new space.
Method recently made the 1,500 mile trip with our modules and set crew from the factory to Alaska to set a 2,500 square foot custom cabin. The mods were barged from Seattle to Anchorage and then shuttled piece by piece to the site in Girdwood.The home is located near Alyeska Ski Resort and was designed for a family of downhill and cross-country skiers and captures views of Alyeska and surrounding peaks. It is our first custom cabin designed by our partners Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects, who we have worked with on a wide range of our Cabin, SML, and M Series homes.The 3-story cabin consists of 6 modules stacked side by side and took one day to set. Our clients were on set and shared some of their great photos. Click the photo above to jump to the gallery.
Architects have long envisioned housing prefabrication as a means to improve design and reduce costs. Frank Lloyd Wright designed his American System-Built homes, seven models of modest houses using precut materials intended to be affordable, between 1912 and 1916; his Usonian houses, about 60 middle-income, L-shaped single-story houses without basements or attics and using simplified construction techniques, in the 1930s; and his mobile home in 1955. Stimulated by Bauhaus thinking, architects thought prefabs were the ideal way to rationalize the building process, achieve economies of scale, and bring good design to the masses. But the manufactured housing format that would win widest acceptance was the trailer. Architect-designed prototypes seldom have been reproduced at scale.
Method is pouring foundation for a Method Cabin Model 1 in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountain range in Virginia. The cabin will sit on a full height site-built lower level that will house the client's drive-in workshop. The cabin is now underway in our East Coast manufacturing facility and the set is scheduled for later this Summer. We are now building select projects on the East Coast out of the new factory. Stay tuned for details.
The Method team recently went to California for the annual Dwell on Design Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Our Paradigm I prefab by Bogue Trondowski Architects was front and center in the Dwell Outdoor area. We also had a custom birch and walnut booth with a specialty CNC cut logo designed and built by Method’s master craftsman Derek Raedeker. Paradigm was furnished with jc penney’s new designer home line that features modern collections from Jonathan Adler, Sir Terence Conran, and 2013 Dwell on Design keynote Michael Graves.Method co-founder Brian Abramson sat on the prefab panel with Dwell Editor Aaron Britt to discuss upcoming projects and the making of the deeply sustainable Paradigm prototype, and we even got a chance to look around at some of the highlights from the well-curated show. Thanks to Dwell and everyone else from the team for making this year’s show a great success.Click on the photo above to view the gallery.
Over the weekend, Design Milk headed to Los Angeles for the hottest modern event in the West: Dwell on Design. If you have been with us long enough, you’ll know I haven’t been there since 2008 (although we’ve been since then in spirit and touched on it last year)! Over the past few years, we’ve been very lucky to share the Dwell exclusive house tours. You can see this year’s tours being shared over the next two weeks right here. Now, hold on to your hats, ladies and gentleman—this is a long one! Design Milk reviews their top picks from Dwell on Design 2013.
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