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  • coustoe, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13awesome, but from the looks of it heating or cooling must be a bitch (no insulation)
    • AdamTReineke, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6No, its in California. They have perfect weather.
      • KingGorilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You're talking about TV and movie California. Here in the real world our weather is pretty bland. Especially up north
    • Obvioustroll, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I was thinking the same thing. You put one of those in Pennsylvania, the tenants wouldn't last a year.
      • donwilson2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3a month.
        • jcaino, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2a week. between rain and hot days, cool nights and otherwise just plain unpredictable weather...at least it keeps us on our toes.
      • la7crosse11, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0A day, I live in a dorm in PA...believe me, it's a day!
    • aussia, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5exactly. it's gorgeous, but to build one here in Canada wouldn't work so well...
    • jenel, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Also looks like you can't have sex with the lights on anywhere in it.
      • zweben, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1......What??
        • Faffin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3your silhoette would show on the walls, like in a tent. - I was thinking the same thing :)
          • DrakeGTA, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3So? I like to give me neighbors a good show...
          • jenel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I'm sure your neighbors like to see you masturbate.
    • stephant, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Looks kind of neat, I guess. Still, those hard floors, hard ceilings and hard walls would be all noisy and the echo would be impossible to stand. I'd rather live in my normal house with sheetrock, carpet and insulation. No point in going deaf for overboard conservation. For those of you that want to digg me down, seriously, go into an all concrete block or similar structure . . . you'll gouge your eyes out before you leave. Way too noisy.
    • CanoeBuilder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2 "Made out of lightweight insulated fiberglass panels"
  • randypanda, on 10/10/2007, -7/+0this here house is to modern for me me and Jaharedai are comfortable in the barn.
  • D3koy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14So what's with the world?
    I have to buy organic foods, but pre-packaged houses?

    I'm so confused...
    • Obvioustroll, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Support your local pre-fabricated craftsmen!
  • digidelia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2its like building your house from an erector set!
  • darkane, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Sure, it's sexy. But the limited capability of efficiently heating and cooling such a building would make all those 'green' features absolutely worthless in all but the most consistently temperate of climates. So yeah, that's a good solution for part of southern California. Now how about the rest of the world?
    • Dextergreen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Ummm... maybe if you knew anything about architecture you would know that context is the most important concept, and that no design is good for everywhere in the world. You cant criticize this for only working in california, it is after all in california, therefore it works right?
  • inigomntoya, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Can't say I have the taste for the design. It looks like they forgot to complete an office building and wrapped it in contact paper. But, to each his own... There are, after all, some who actually ENJOY living in the suburbs - if you can believe that!
    • zweben, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Some people also enjoy living in houses with... real walls.
      • Dextergreen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Some people cling to old ideals no matter how impractical.

        Oh wait, I'm an architect; we're all about impractical ideals.
  • Buelldozer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Very nice. How do I hang a picture?
  • GIFF3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Where can I buy one?
  • Mothrog, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Who do they think is going to drop $100 a square foot on a house that looks like a warehouse with no insulation? *****.
    • spargett, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Someone who lives in CA, and doesn't need it, *****.
  • lareiko66, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Noticed the surfboard and the beanbag chair. Cool place for singles and couples. Do you need to apply sunblock during the day for the diffused sunlight?
  • HiddenCanuck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Uh will it work here in Canada? We go from 30 in the summer to minus 30 in the winter. Celsius.
    • D3koy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Jesus, that's like -1500*
      That may be a little off, my metric conversion is a little off...
      /sarcasm
  • p51d007, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Oh yeah, those will work well............NOT!
    #1 Reason? Any burglar could be in and out in 15 minutes
  • skyfire1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4When the hurricanes hit you better tell your neighbors to find a bunker.
  • chancesarent, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9$100 per sq ft isn't cheap. That's about average. In fact, i'd call if kind of expensive for having to live in a Rubik's Cube.
    • maehem, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah, I would expect a pre-fab to come in at about $50 sq/ft WITH delivery. I wonder if IKEA will ever get into the house business?
    • Dextergreen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0II think the idea is that it is impressive that the price is about average. Usually green architecture can be expensive. It's about average, but with photovoltaics, radiant heating, diffused day lighting, the materials used last forever and it makes it's own power.
  • wisie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I really like it but think it would stick out like a sore thumb
    • Jozer99, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I agree. Thats one of the ugliest houses I have seen, inside and out. I can't imagine living in something that industrial looking full time, it would be very depressing. Plus, how are you supposed to walk around in a house who's floor is made of cement and steel vents? I like to walk in socks, not steel boots.
    • circle26, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1not to mention the fact that having no windows will be a bitch to get through any zoning department.
  • auburnguy1000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You would never see that type of house in the south where the 100 degree weather is accompanied by 70+% humidity. Down here the eco friendly houses are the ones with good insulation. But in a cooler climate this could work.
  • inmatarian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2> Made out of lightweight insulated fiberglass panels
    The article says that its insulated.
  • RJGII, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Sorry, but if it's a prefab, why are there pics of it starting from scratch? Must be the blueprints that are prefabricated... I'd say modular, but that's just me.
    • elasticband, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1prefabricate |prēˈfabriˌkāt| verb [ trans. ] [usu. as adj. ] ( prefabricated) manufacture sections of (esp. a building or piece of furniture) to enable quick or easy assembly on site : prefabricated homes.
  • MarkusGarvey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1A big storm would be a very traumatic experience in that. Just imagine the wind noise there would be in that thing ! The thin fiberglass panels may have an r-value, but it couldn't be too high.But move-able interior walls is definitely the way to go...
  • RichStradler, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Wow, is that thing ever ugly from the outside! I know that I wouldn't want one in my neighborhood... that monstrosity would really bring down the property values. Can't imagine ever getting it through our zoning board either.
  • goteki45, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Thats the ugliest thing i've seen all day, a prison cell looks more cozy than that bedroom
  • xochiltm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's a really innovative idea, although I really wonder how practical it is.
  • almostnormal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Those fiberglass panels won't hold up to sunlight long term. Maybe 20 years or so. Then what do you do?
    • SloppyJoe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1exactly... all these "Eco friendly" yadda yadda yadda houses are great.. but what will they look like in 10, 20, or 50 years... my home is over 50 years old and rock solid. Just seems like a poor investment and a bad idea in general to me.
  • vern01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3AFFORDABLE??! NO.

    Affordable is $6/SqFt. OR even $10/SqFt. But $100/SqFt is to prohibitively expensive for MOST people(read non-millionairs)
  • NsinU8, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2This ones pretty cool too.... http://www.luminhaus.com/
  • TwwIX, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1One fart and it falls apart.
  • 3tcp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The concept is sound but it's too plain and doesn't leave much for architectural creativity or uniqueness. An entire house made up of a translucent grid pattern is too ugly for normal people to buy into it..
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