The press has, of late, been enamored with contemporary modular homes. As I mentioned in a previous post, they will become interesting when they become affordable. Clayton Homes recently introduced their affordable, energy efficient "i-home" (will Apple be suing? No, because "i" stands for "innovation, inspiration, intelligence and integration.") at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. (Available in two packages: $74,900 for the 723-square-foot and $93,300 for the 1,023-square-foot unit.) The interior is every bit as attractive as some of the expensive homes, but the outside still looks like temporary restrooms in an urban highway rest stop. (While the good looking one is under construction) We are in the 21st century, why the continued reliance on the cold and foreboding 50's modern idioms?After affordability, I would include emotional livability as a requirement for the success of this concept. We may use rest stop restrooms and loved the original MickieD's as iconic, but we don't want to live in either one. (Even Walter Gropius's house is a museum, not a home.)
1 comment:
Thanks for this posting, I do think that energy efficient modular homes are the way to go in this day and age. They are some of the most modern homes that you can buy on the market right now. My parents are searching for these types of homes right now because they love energy efficiency.
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