HERE are some nice modernist green designs, finalists in a competition for designers come up with a $100,000 green house. They are designed for coastal flood areas, and there's no telling what the houses will cost by the time more than a few get built.
One may wonder, why I am blogging the Clayton i-house specifically. Again, while dozens of designs may come from competitions and private architects, few of these individuals or companies have the resources of a company like Clayton to mass produce and market it. Mass production not only helps keep a price low, it can also help a home become popular and available in more areas.
Affordability of Ford's Model T or the Volkswagen are what contributed to making them successful. If a home works well -- is energy efficient -- and is good quality, buyers will also warm to buying an affordable mass produced home.
The question is, will modernism kill a new house's mass popularity, even if it is all those things.
Hi there,
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Thanks for the link to the Syrinx and your other points made. A certain pennywhistle player actually reads my blog so I'm keeping your comment unpublished. Much obliged for the info.
I went to the Knoxville show solely to see the iHouse. The biggest flaw I saw with design was no actual closet (the closet-cabinets most people wouldn't be satisfied with.)
ReplyDeleteBeyond that, I liked it for the most part. I asked a couple people working there and found one who is developing it. He told me the estimated price tag will be around $130,000.
I'm a single guy, I make under $20k/yr, and for me that price would be too much to afford.
I'm looking through your links and searching the web and coming up with my own designs as well: I want to build a house, but it has to be over 640 sqft due to local restrictions, and I have to be able to do it in an affordable way.
It's nice to see someone else taking the same interests!
Hi Atomic!
ReplyDeleteFinally, someone who has actually toured the i-house. Thanks for your post with that information. I'd like to ask you a few more questions in an e-mail, and feature it as a blog post, if you are willing.
Also, I have done some building on my own, at very low cost. Write to me, and I'll tell you about my experience with it.
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