 A lot of people talk about manufactured housing and modular housing as popular alternatives to consider for a new home, yet many people are confused about the differences between each type of housing construction. All of these types of homes are a form of “factory built” homes and have portions of their construction process completed inside a quality controlled factory setting. To hopefully end this confusion we’ve boiled it down and explained the defining essence of each category of construction: |
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 The Department of Commerce, Bureau and Census compared new Single Family home sales to modular and manufactured home shipments and reported that in 2005 modular housing accounted for 9.7% of new home sales.
The Institute of Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) reported a total of 116,443 manufactured homes shipped in 2005 to their new owners. What is surprising is that total shipments of manufactured homes are down almost 31% over 2002’s statistics of 168,491 shipped homes. |
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 The challenge – how do you create a beautiful, functional and livable modular home that is asthetically pleasing, modern in design, and embraces all the economical, technological and environmental benefits modular housing has to offer?
Easy – you hold a contest! That’s exactly what Dwell magazine did to find a winning design. |
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