Entries Tagged 'inspiration' ↓

Most of the inspirational homes I find are from the visually fantastic blog - materialicious. Do check it out if you haven’t been there before. Also click through the other links below the images here to see more images on each home.

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This inspirational project was completed by architect Edward M Baum and developer Diane Cheatham in Dallas in 2004. As I review the Dwell article detailing the project I am reminded at the similarities to our current project. The project was a prototype for building modern and affordable homes on Dallas’s standard building lots of 50′ x 150′. They were able to fit four, one-story, 1,700 square foot homes on two of these lots and build them for roughly $100 psf using mainly materials sourced from local big box retailers like Home Depot and Lowes…

Over the Christmas break I went on what I am now referring to as my “Zero Energy Design Binge.” I started thinking about the through wall air conditioner we are considering to handle the cooling demands for the home and thought it would be fantastic if there was a way to economically eliminate the cooling demand altogether via passive design. This thought quickly put me into research mode and when I couldn’t find anything in stock at my local Borders or B&N, I found an 800 page e-book on the subject from www.ZeroEnergyDesign.com…

Ever since Nick Allen posted the comment below earlier today I’ve been obsessed with the concept of turning ISA’s “Core” concept in their design into a prefab element.

While we gave up on prefabbing entire homes long ago due to cost and the constraints of Philly’s narrow infill lots, there could be something to the combination of SIPs and locally prefabbed “ISA Cores” that could be “dropped” into the shell of a house to expedite the construction timeline…

I just stumbled on this site in a bit or research for affordable, modern siding. It’s got some great project examples of modern homes built for under $100K using a lot of salvaged and discount materials as well as a bunch of sweat equity. Their projects are a bit unconventional compared to ours but I imagine a lot of people checking on our progress would be interested in doing a project themselves in the future. Salvage and sweat equity will be key to any project you are doing yourself!

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While some think 1,000 square feet is way too small, Cyril Brule (a French architect) is living in his 215 square foot Le Cabanon!

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1. The best way to reduce cost/complexity/time is to eliminate common features or steps altogether (this is from my Industrial Engineering days).
   • Walls & Doors - an open layout eliminates a lot of walls and doors
   • Drywall - Do we really always need drywall? How about exposed concrete block, SIPs or ICFs?
   • Open Shelves vs. Full Upper Cabinets
   • Angle Stock vs. Square Stock

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The “007 house” by Rob Paulus Architect is a bit large at 1,600 square feet to be a perfect model for the 100k house but it really captures the simplicity of layout and materials used that will need to be incorporated into the 100k house. The key is that it simplifies without sacrificing quality of design which is the common theme with all of the homes we will be posting that have been inspiration for the 100k house…