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3 Bedroom Prefab Modular Homes, San Diego and Van Nuys, CA
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Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 2
Floor Area 1200 sq. ft.
Locations San Diego, Van Nuys, Napa County, CA
Modules $309,120
Complete Estimate $438,520
This modular prefab home supports an indoor/outdoor lifestyle that extends the utility of the house beyond its interior space. The home combines modern, clean design with Cradle-to-Cradle CM inspired materials and LEED® Platinum environmental program. There are three different versions of this model that range from 2 bedrooms and 1 bath at 950 square feet to 3 bedrooms and 2 baths at 1232 square feet. Wood ceiling, cork floors, optional wood siding and natural wood millwork make the prefabricated courtyard home comfy and warm. Clerestory windows, floor-to-ceiling glass, transom windows and solar tubes bring light into almost all parts of the house, including the closets. Appropriate shading, ceiling fans and super insulation reduce cooling/heating needs and smart AC/heating reduces power bills. The Nest Learning Thermostat selflearns how inhabitants live and keeps the home at the prefered temperature. The living, dining, and kitchen space are all connected, it makes easy for all in the family to do their own thing – or share.
San Diego, California
Van Nuys, California
Napa County, California
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3 Bedroom Modular Prefab Home, San Diego, CA
1 Bedroom Prefab Home, Midpines, Yosemite, CA
Bedrooms 1
Bathrooms 1
Floor Area 297.5 sq. ft.
Architect/Designer M-Rad, designed by ADA
Location Midpines, Yosemite, CA
ADA-compliant "X-Suites" built for AutoCamp Yosemite. Designed by M-Rad, each 275-square-foot suite was efficiently constructed entirely offsite and installed in a day. The handicap-accessible accommodations provide ample amenities and scenic views for a comfortable and inviting way to experience the outdoors.
1 Bedroom Prefab Home, Midpines, Yosemite, California
4 Bedroom Prefab Modular Home, Venice, California
Bathrooms 3.5
Floor Area 2200 sq. ft.
Architect/Designer Living Homes
Location Venice, CA
Four single-family homes.
4 Bedroom Prefab Modular Home, Venice, California
5 Bedroom Prefab Modular Home, California
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 5
Floor Area 5400 sq. ft.
Architect/Designer Ray Kappe/LivingHomes
Builder Plant Prefab
Location Santa Monica, CA
A custom LivingHome designed by Ray Kappe, FAIA, in Santa Monica. The LivingHome features 5,400 square foot of interior space, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, walls of glass, a shimmering pool and spectacular ocean and canyon views.
Description by Plant Prefab
A California real estate developer purchased this Santa Monica lot and enlisted Plant Design Partner Ray Kappe to fulfill his vision for a spacious, modern home with panoramic views. Kappe’s design achieved the perfect balance of size, style, sustainability, and jaw-dropping vistas.
The single-family residence is full of of Kappe’s signature touches: the front and sides of the home are designed for privacy, with minimal or high windows and an enclosed deck, while floor-to-ceiling windows along the back of the house offer unimpeded canyon and ocean views. In addition to sustainable materials and construction practices, the design of the home also focuses on energy efficiency: windows and doors are located opposite each other to harness the ocean breeze and reduce the need for air conditioning.
In conversation with the beautiful natural surroundings, this custom home has multiple outdoor patios and decks, as well as an expansive first floor with a chef’s kitchen, living, dining and family rooms—all open and perfect for entertaining. A downstairs guest suite can double as an office space.
A floating staircase leads to four bedrooms, each with its own bath and outdoor space. The master suite is especially large, with a walk-in closet and a private deck with ocean views. The screening room with surround sound and blackout capability offers even more options for entertaining.
Designing with Plant’s processes in mind and efficiently prefabricating the home to Kappe’s exact specifications allowed the client to truly make the most of this unique lot.
5 Bedroom Prefab Modular Home, Santa Monica, California
LEED Platinum Modular Prefab Multifamily Home, Los Altos, California
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Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 3
Floor Area 1685 sq. ft.
Architect/Designer Ray Kappe
Location Los Altos, CA
A three unit custom multifamily project in Los Altos, California designed by Ray Kappe, FAIA. The project was the first multifamily to be awarded LEED Platinum in Silicon Valley. It includes an affordable housing unit.
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LEED Platinum Modular Prefab Multifamily Home, Los Altos, California
5 Bedrooms Prefab Modular House, Los Angeles, California
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 4.5
Floor Area 3932 sq. ft.
Architect/Designer Living Homes
Location Los Angeles, CA
5 Bedrooms Prefab Modular House, Los Angeles, California
First LEED Platinum Home in USA - Installed in 8 Hours Prefab Modular House in Santa Monica, California
Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 2.5
Floor Area 2500 sq. ft.
Architect/Designer Ray Kappe
Location Santa Monica, CA
This Prefab Modular House in Santa Monica, California, designed by Ray Kappe, FAIA, was the first home in the United States to be certified LEED Platinum and the only residence in the country to win the AIA's top sustainable award in 2008. It is comprised of eleven modules and it was assembled in 8 hours.
First LEED Platinum Home in USA - Installed in 8 Hours Prefab Modular House in Santa Monica, California
Beautiful 4 Bedroom Modular Home, California
Bedrooms 4
Bathrooms 4
Floor Area 4700 sq. ft.
Architect/Designer Ray Kappe
Location Santa Monica, CA
This custom 4 bedroom modular home in California was designed by Plant Design Partner Ray Kappe for a beautiful lot in Santa Monica. It was prefabricated as eleven modules and assembled onsite in just over two days, saving the neighborhood from months of disruption. Like all LivingHomes, this home features an extremely comprehensive environmental program.
The 4 bedroom modular home is a 4,700 sq. ft., organic-themed contemporary with a blocky, modern aesthetic and walls trimmed in monolithic sheets of exposed wood and glass.
The house was sold to USC in 2020 for $8.6 million by David G. Brown. He had picked up the property in 2014 for $6.75 million, and tax records indicate the current residence was built in 2012.
Designed by noted architect Ray Kappe, the modernist structure offers an open-concept floorplan and open dining, living and media rooms. A state-of-the-art kitchen has designer Miele appliances, Caesarstone countertops and an open seating area. Upstairs, the master bedroom opens to a slim balcony with views to the Pacific Ocean. The mostly hardscaped, low maintenance backyard includes a dark-bottomed plunge pool with raised spa.
The 4 bedroom modular home is located on what has frequently been considered one of the most prestigious residential streets in Santa Monica, where some of Folt’s nearest new neighbors include actor Jonah Hill, “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening and Mona Simpson, sister of the late Steve Jobs.
Beautiful 4 Bedroom Modular Home, California
About Living Homes
Our mission is to create homes and communities that inspire people, foster family and community interaction, and make modern life easier, healthier and more comfortable - all in ways that complement and enhance the municipalities and environments in which we work.
We design homes created by world-class architects, which feature warm, modern design, functional amenities, and great price value. Our homes include natural, non-toxic and sustainably-derived materials.
The result of all this: healthier, happier homes that have a dramatically smaller ecological footprint than most new homes. The first Livinghome, designed by Ray Kappe, FAIA was installed in eight hours and was the first home ever certified LEED® Platinum by the United States Green Building Council. Since then, we have built more LEED Platinum homes than almost any other design firm. We're proud of this.
Finding builders that met our standards for sustainability, quality, and cost was always a challenge, so in 2016 we founded a solution: Plant Prefab, the nation's first prefabricated design and manufacturing company dedicated to sustainable construction, materials, processes, and operations. LivingHomes is now the in-house design studio of Plant Prefab, enabling us to create homes of unsurpassed quality in half the time of traditional construction, with lower construction costs and less waste.
LivingHomes are available in standard or customized configurations to builders, developers and individuals.
In 2019 we built upon our commitment to sustainability by pledging to becoming fully carbon neutral. The "Plant Promise" is an ambitious goal to achieve net zero emissions across all company processes and operations.
| Address | 2910 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States | |
| Phone | +1 310-581-8500 | |
| Fax | +1 310-496-2167 | |
| info@livinghomes.net | ||
| Website | https://www.livinghomes.net/ |
About Plant Prefab
Our mission is to make it easy to build custom homes that are healthy, sustainable, and durable.
We manufacture custom single and multifamily homes that are high-quality, sustainable, healthy, and durable. We empower individuals, architects, and small developers who want to build their own projects — and who want an efficient and reliable solution. And peace of mind during the process. We work with your architects on your custom designs or you can work with our Design Partners or select Standard Homes they have created for us.
We are the nation's first prefabricated design and manufacturing company dedicated to sustainable construction, materials, processes, and operations. We believe that homes can — and should — be built in ways that minimize their negative impact on energy, water, and resources, as well as the health of the people who live in them and build them. We know that factory construction can be faster, more cost-effective, and more reliable than on-site construction. And we know it saves neighborhoods from months of noise pollution, traffic and disruption.
Plant was spun out of LivingHomes, a sustainable design development company responsible for dozens of award-winning prefabricated homes, including the nation's first LEED Platinum-certified home. LivingHomes is now Plant's in-house design studio, enabling us to create homes of unsurpassed quality in half the time of traditional construction, with lower construction costs and less waste.
Leveraging LivingHomes's experience utilizing ten different factories before Plant was founded, we've learned a lot about what works and what doesn't. Plant Prefab reflects many of these lessons and best practices. Major funding for Plant was provided by Amazon and Obvious Ventures, a venture fund that focuses on #worldpositive investments. Our first factory is a 62,000-sf facility in Rialto, California.
In 2019 we built upon our commitment to sustainability by pledging to becoming fully carbon neutral. The "Plant Promise" is an ambitious goal to achieve net zero emissions across all company processes and operations.
| Address | 375 S Cactus Ave, Rialto, CA 92376, United States | |
| Phone | +1 909-546-7444 | |
| Fax | +1 909-546-7411 | |
| info@plantprefab.com | ||
| Website | https://www.plantprefab.com/ |
About Ray Kappe
Ray Kappe (August 4, 1927 – November 21, 2019) was an American architect and educator. In 1972, he resigned his position as Founding Chair of the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and along with a group of faculty, students and his wife, Shelly Kappe, started what eventually came to be known as the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). In 2003, Kappe began working with LivingHomes to design modular homes.
Kappe remained actively involved in architectural theory and practice in his later years, particularly in the areas of sustainability and the prefabrication of residences.
| Address | Kappe Architects/Planners 715 Brooktree Rd., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, United States | |
| Phone | +1 310-459-7791 | |
| raykappe@kappearc.com | ||
| shellykappe@kappearc.com | ||
| Website | http://www.kappearchitects.com/ |
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