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The Usonian Manufactured Housing Community

In my opinion one of the best designs for the suburban residential home is Frank Lloyd Wright's 1953 NYC Usonian Exhibition house, a...

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The MH Park, The ADU, And The Space Interstitial

For MH parks with high vacancies a multi prong rehab might make the most sense: One element to consider folding in is the tiny home ...

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

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 ...

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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...

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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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Jun 30, 20243 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

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Jun 4, 20243 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...

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May 28, 20242 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

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May 16, 20242 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...

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