Our six-member jury selected 36 winners from a pool of more than 800 entries.
A look at modern prefab housing, post-boom.
Prefab seemed like the answer to delivering high-design houses to the masses--until the housing market collapsed.
The winning house at the Solar Decathlon shows that the built environment can help preserve watersheds.
Collegiate teams used regional vernacular for inspiration.
Bold graphics, personality, and quick access to information are all the rage when it comes to portraying your company and its work online.
ra50 architects tell us what they like best?and least?about practicing in their chosen field.
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Green prefab manufacturer Blu Homes launches production of the new version of Michelle Kaufmann's Glidehouse.
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A new chapter for green prefab pioneer Michelle Kaufmann.
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Rethinking how to communicate with clients.
From the editor: Tuesday night I got a call from Michelle Kaufmann, AIA, LEED AP, with the "sad news," as she called it, that her company was closing up shop. Sad news, indeed. Michelle Kaufmann Designs was residential architect magazine's Top Firm for 2008. How quickly businesses can unravel in...
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Michelle Kaufmann, AIA, LEED AP, gives insights into the relative affordability—or not—of modular houses.
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Three different approaches to bridging the gap between architect-designed custom homes and what the majority of home buyers can afford.
It all started with a headache.
what it takes to bring alternative housing models to market.
Michelle Kaufmann proposes a method for reporting home sustainability values.
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If you love modern and contemporary design, are interested in prefab houses, and happen to be in the neighborhood of Santa Monica, Calif., later this week, stop by the Santa Monica Airport's Barker Air Hangar for CA Boom V: The West Coast Design Show.
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If you love modern and contemporary design, are interested in prefab houses, and happen to be in the neighborhood of Santa Monica, Calif., later this week, stop by the Santa Monica Airport's Barker Air Hangar for CA Boom V: The West Coast Design Show.

Museum Gets a Smart Home
A modular house by Michelle Kaufmann is the main feature of an eco-friendly living exhibit.