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How Manufactured Housing Becomes Mainstream

California is leading the charge at the political level to help manufactured compete on a level playing field with site built, ending ...

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Design for a 4 Bed 3 Bath Doublewide

In a previous post I drew up plans for a 3 Bed 2 Bath Doublewide of around 1,650 sq ft. In this post I up the stakes, adding another bed...

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

Has Bad Design Cost Manufactured Housing $6 Trillion ?

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Has Bad Design Cost Manufactured Housing $6 Trillion ?

ChatGPT estimates that from 1975 to today around 40,000,000 single family homes were built. By 1975 the doublewide had come into its...

robert carpenter

Feb 62 min read

Duplex Deluxe: The Luxury Precast Riad

In the previous post a design for a precast concrete Riad was presented for lots of size 45' x 90'. While the Riad designed for this...

Is the Precast Concrete Mediterranean Riad Style House the Ultimate Solution for Subdivision Developers in California?

robert carpenter

Jan 234 min read

Is the Precast Concrete Mediterranean Riad Style House the Ultimate Solution for Subdivision Developers in California?

The Mediterranean climate of California is a mix of warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. This unique environment offers both...

Case Study For 5 Acre / $5,000,000 Miami Lot

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Jan 72 min read

Case Study For 5 Acre / $5,000,000 Miami Lot

The real estate growth pattern for Florida tends to move in the direction away from its coasts. Much of the population lives in the ...

robert carpenter

Jan 23 min read

Analysis Of ONX Precast Florida Homes

ONX is revolutionizing home construction in the Florida market on several fronts. They are using off site construction methods AND...

The Riad Americanized W/ Garden And Pool

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Dec 24, 20242 min read

The Riad Americanized W/ Garden And Pool

As explained in the previous post, a riad is characterized by its inward-facing architecture, designed to provide privacy and serenity....

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Dec 13, 20243 min read

The Riad Americanized

A riad is a traditional Moroccan house or palace characterized by its inward-facing architecture, designed to provide privacy and...

robert carpenter

Sep 23, 20243 min read

FourPlex Singlewide

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

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Jul 19, 20244 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...

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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...

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