Tag Archives: prefab

Palladio’s Escape in the news

There was a nice article on Ricky Newcomer’s Palladio’s Escape Cottage small prefab house at the TheNewsStar.com. The house is prefabricated and then assembled at the work site using bolts, metal plates, and a crane. The prototype pictured here took about … Continue reading

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ReadyMade’s Signature Modular Dwelling

Back on March 21st IKEA and ReadyMade ended a six city tour of ReadyMade’s Signature Modular Dwelling finished out with a little kitchen from IKEA. Luckily the sixth city was Roseville, California and the little house was on display outside … Continue reading

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged IKEA, modern, prefab, ReadyMade, tiny house, Whole Foods Market | 8 Comments

Palladio’s Escape Cottage Plans

This small prefab home drew a lot of interest when I first posted it here on Tiny House Design. Palladio’s Escape encloses 412 square feet and has a footprint that measures 18′ by 26′. Inside you’ll find a full kitchen, … Continue reading

Posted in Builders, Plans | Tagged Escape Cottage, house plans, Palladio's Escape, prefab, Ricky Newcomer | 11 Comments

DIY Prefab – Design & Construction Resource

One of my long time readers, Malcolm White, has launched a blog that focuses entirely on do-it-yourself prefab topics. He was also especially helpful to me by providing valuable feedback and input on my ebook, Tiny Prefab. Most tiny prefab … Continue reading

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Shelter 2.0

Shelter 2.0 is an incredible prefab building system designed to provide shelter for those who need a home. The parts are fabricated from standard building materials and the shelter itself can be easily assembled by inexperienced builders. The estimated cost … Continue reading

Posted in Humanitarian | Tagged homeless, prefab, shelter, shelter 2.0, tiny house | 6 Comments

Palladio’s Escape Cottage Update

Ricky Newcomer has uploaded a new set of photos to his Facebook page. For those of you without Facebook accounts I’ve posted some of them here so you can see how this prefab house is assembled and what interior wall … Continue reading

Posted in Kits / Prefab | Tagged Palladio’s Escape Cottage, prefab, Ricky Newcomer, tiny house | 15 Comments

Palladio’s Escape Cottage

I spotted this incredible little house on Facebook recently. It’s the creation of Ricky Newcomer and a prototype for a prefab building system he’s developing that could be built by a contractor or owner-builder. The cottage you see here is … Continue reading

Posted in Kits / Prefab | Tagged building system, low-cost, Palladio's Escape Cottage, prefab, Ricky Newcomer | 45 Comments

Tiny Prefab ebook Winner!

First I want to thank everyone that entered the Free Drawing for the Tiny Prefab ebook. There were tons of great tiny house ideas and dreams in those 39 comments… definitely worth a read if you’re curious to see what’s … Continue reading

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Enter to Win – Free Drawing for Tiny Prefab ebook

Update: Comments are closed a winner has been randomly selected! I’ve been working on an update to my ebook, Tiny Prefab, and will have it complete by Monday, November 23, 2009. I thought it would be fun to give away … Continue reading

Posted in Announcement | Tagged contest, drawing, ebook, Free Drawing, prefab, tiny prefab | 39 Comments

Blu Homes – Innovative Folding Homes

Blu Homes is using a new approach for manufacturing factory-built homes. Like manufactured homes they are built in a climate-controlled facility and engineered to use materials efficiently to keep construction costs low. But they’ve designed the buildings to fold-up which … Continue reading

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