East Hampton Addition - This new project is a 5,700 sf. addition to an existing home in Amagansett, NY. The new addition will have a site built squash court along side modules that will contain 5 bedrooms and 5 baths.
NEW PROJECT IN THE HAMPTONS!
SEMINARY HILL FARMHOUSE – CALLICOON, NY
A walkthrough animation of the design for a new RES4 Prefab home, located on a beautiful country hillside site in Callicoon, NY overlooking a historic seminary and the Delaware River along the New York-Pennsylvania border.
- 119-Panel photovoltaic array (roughly a 24kW system using 200-watt panels, with the potential to increase capacity using higher-wattage panels). Estimated to generate 2 to 3 times the total energy consumption of the house.
- Geothermal heating and cooling system, integrated with high-efficiency high velocity AC system, and radiant floor heating.
- Rainwater collection cisterns for maintaining the vegetable garden and lawn.
- Passive heating strategies using tile, stone and concrete flooring as thermal masses.
- Primary southern exposure with large sliding glass doors for natural daylighting and passive winter heating, with roof overhangs and brise soleils to mitigate excess solar heat gain during summers.
- Super-insulated, air-tight "flash and batt" enclosure: 2" spray foam insulation + fiberglass batt throughout.
- LED down lights throughout.
- Robust, durable, long-lasting materials including bamboo wood flooring (a rapidly renewable material source), stone, standing seam metal roofing, etc.
THREE PINES – CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
North Beach, MD Construction is in full-swing! The cedar siding has been installed and ipe decks constructed. Cement board siding is beginning to go up.
TEN YEARS AGO – DWELL HOME PUBLISHED
The RES4 winning entry for the Dwell Home Design Invitational was published ten years ago this month - In the December 2004 Issue of Dwell Magazine.
PECONIC BAY HOUSE FEATURED IN A+D MAGAZINE
Architecture + Detail Magazine (A+D) has featured the Peconic Bay House in it's most recent issue. Issue No. 43 focuses on building with fiber cement. Photographs highlight it's two-story wall of gray cement board.
THREE PINES – MODULE SET
North Beach, MD the Three Pines modules are set! Each of the (6) boxes were individually craned into place on the foundation. Check out the video
THREE PINES – CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
North Beach, MD construction is complete on the (6) prefab modules! They made the 260 mile trek to Nroth Beach, MD this week and will be craned on to the foundation early next week. Crane and set photographs to follow!
NORTH FORK BAY HOUSE – CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Before & After: Construction is nearing completion for this beachfront prefab house located on the North Fork of Long Island on Great Peconic Bay. Click the link below to see how the house has transformed since it was delivered from the factory to the site here.
THREE PINES – FACTORY UPDATE
Scranton, PA - Simplex Homes Factory - Kitchen millwork is going in! The prefab modules will be off the production line in less than a week.
THREE PINES – PREFAB CONSTRUCTION BEGINS!
THREE PINES IS ON-LINE! Production has begun on 6 prefab boxes at Simplex's factory in Scranton, PA. Three Pines is a 2,150 sf single-story home in North Beach, Maryland. Stay tuned for photographs from upcoming factory visits!
RES4 FEATURED IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE OF HAMPTONS MAGAZINE
Six RES4 prefab homes are featured in this month's Hamptons Magazine in the article "Are Modular Homes Changing the Hamptons Real Estate Market?" Click link to read the article
Hamptons Magazine, "Are Modular Homes Changing the Hamptons Real Estate Market?"
NORTH FORK BAY HOUSE – MODULE SET
LAUREL, NY - The two modules of this modern house were built in a factory in Pennsylvania, then trucked to the site on the south shore of the North Fork on Great Peconic Bay, and set by crane atop an exposed steel frame. Construction updates to follow
SIMPLEX HOMES FACTORY VISIT – NORTH FORK BAY HOUSE
The prefab modules will ship tomorrow from the factory in Scranton, PA to the site on Great Peconic Bay, where the modules will be craned atop an exposed steel frame!
SIMPLEX HOMES FACTORY VISIT – NORTH FORK BAY HOUSE
SCRANTON, PA - RES4 visits Simplex Homes to check out progress on the North Fork Bay House - a 1,375 sf two-module prefab beach home.
CAPE HOUSE FEATURED ON HOUZZ
The Cape House Roof Deck is featured today in the Houzz.com article "Dream Spaces: 12 Decks That RIse Above It All"
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FUTURE FRIDAY: NEW PREFAB HOME IN MARYLAND
Future Friday! "Three Pines" is a new 2,100 sf single-story home off the coast of the Chesapeake bay is Maryland.
NORTH FORK BAY HOUSE – CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Laurel, NY - The concrete grade beams have been poured. Stay tuned for erection of the steel frame.
NORTH FORK BAY HOUSE – CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Laurel, NY - The formwork for the foundation of the North Fork Bay House is done. Ready to pour concrete. Next step: steel frame!
CATSKILLS SUBURBAN ON BUSYBOO
Check out "Catskills Suburban Home: Modern Modular" featured today on busyboo.com
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NORTH FORK BAY HOUSE – UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Driving piles on the south shore of the north fork on Great Peconic Bay! More photos to come as construction progresses on this latest RES4 prefab.
