September - 2020

It's Time To Redesign The Suburbs

In the traditional suburban development you subdivide your land into lots and put each house in the center of the lot. The front yard...

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Deluxe Suburban Refuge w/ Pool & Storage

In a previous post I tried to devise an ICF suburban home suited to the urbanite seeking suburban refuge. In this post I develop a new...

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Financial Analysis of Hypothetical 300 Unit Multi-family Value-Add Rehab

robert carpenter

Sep 233 min read

FourPlex Singlewide

Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian brand gave clients homes which were 'just the right size' architectural historian Neil Levine...

robert carpenter

Jul 194 min read

A Trailer Park Pattern Language

If one gives a careful hearing to Christopher Alexander's classic work 'A Pattern Language', some questions might arise in regard to...

robert carpenter

Jun 303 min read

Reformatting Suburbia

The modern suburbs trace back to the very large lot park concept of Llewellyn Park just outside Newark New Jersey, the Silicon Valley...

Blueprint Bourgeoise: Getting The Middle Class Into Mobile

robert carpenter

Jun 43 min read

Blueprint Bourgeoise: Getting The Middle Class Into Mobile

It may seem a bit jarring to recall that just some hundred years ago the mobile home was the plaything of the rich. No sooner did the...

robert carpenter

May 282 min read

Fractional Mobile Home VS Tiny Home

According to Rocket Mortgage the average tiny home cost is around $300 / sq ft compared to the average site built cost of only $167 /...

Frank Lloyd Wright And The Modular House

robert carpenter

May 162 min read

Frank Lloyd Wright And The Modular House

Frank Lloyd Wright was an early advocate and early adopter of modular construction. From 1911 to 1918 Wright collaborated with Wisconsin...

robert carpenter

Apr 301 min read

Courtyard Duplex Condo For Small Lots

Here is a design for a spacious, comfortable four bedroom (each with private bath) condo with spacious raised deck along the street and...

robert carpenter

Mar 202 min read

The Courtyard Condominium Duplex

Perhaps the best of all worlds for the homebuyer is plenty of house with lots of indoor outdoor living. And for the residential...

Marketing Mobile Homes To The Middle Class

robert carpenter

Feb 234 min read

Marketing Mobile Homes To The Middle Class

Conspicuous Leisure V Conspicuous Consumption By the time Thorstein Veblen appeared on the scene late in the 19th century, the free...

robert carpenter

Jan 313 min read

Suburban Subdivision Using VEGO Panels

The inclination to build housing inside factories rather than outside on site is definitely a good development. The question is how...

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