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LEED Gingerbread Houses Make for a Very Green Christmas

Gingerbread houses are tasty, festive, and generally pleasant to look at. But if you really want to impress your friends and family, consider modeling a gingerbread creation after one of these ultra-green edible homes.READ»

Can Blu Homes Fulfill the Promise of Prefab?

A Boston start-up says its method will at last fulfill the promise of cheap manufactured homes. (But can anybody get a mortgage?)READ»

Nuns Exchange Convent for Michelle Kaufmann Modular Homes

What do you do with a group of aging nuns in Denver, Colorado who are having trouble going up and down the stairs in their giant two-story convent? Scrap the whole building and hire green prefab expert Michelle Kaufmann to design ...READ»

Iconic Pre-Fab Provider Closes Shop

Michelle Kaufmann Designs, a path-breaking seller of modern, eco-friendly pre-fab homes, is folding due to the anemic housing market and the credit crisis at large. Kaufmann's firm became synonymous with the contemporary ...READ»