Marmol Radziner Prefab

Our latest prefab home, Hollywood Hybrid, is being installed tomorrow, June 3oth, in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles. This eco-friendly three-level house is registered with the U.S. Green Building Council for certification under USGBC’s LEED program upon completion.

 The green home was made in the factory, reducing building waste and worker transportation.  The modules are being driven to the site in the morning. Hollywood Hybrid comes complete with responsible woods, energy efficient appliances, solar panels, and dual pane high insulation glass which allows for all the great views of Los Angeles from this home up in the hills.

Installation starts at 9:30am. This event is closed to the general public, however media and press are welcome. We will be following up with more information on the progress in the coming weeks.

Please tune in to your local news station throughout the day tomorrow to see live coverage of how fast and easy an eco-friendly prefab home can be built.

Leo Marmol, FAIA will be giving two lectures and hosting a book signing of our recent monograph at the Dwell On Design Show this weekend. More details are at our booth in the Outdoor area or see the Dwell On Design website.

Saturday, June 27th
2:00pm - 2:30pm Book Signing with Leo Marmol, FAIA at Skylight Books.
Skylight Books is in the lobby of the convention center as part of the Dwell Show. Bring your own book or purchase a copy at the bookstore.

Lectures:
Saturday, June 27th: Design Innovation Forum
3:30pm - 4:00pm

Sunday, June 28th: Sustainability Forum
1:30pm - 2:00pm

Learn more about prefab and sustainability at the two lectures and while there, please stop by our booth for more information about our new Skyline Series with the Dwell Homes Collection.

We are excited to announce a unique partnership with Dwell Magazine. Our Skyline Series has been standarized specifically for the Dwell Homes Collection. The Skyline Series of homes is an inspiring mix and match system of green, prefab homes with many of the modern design features and eco-friendly elements that you have come to expect from our prefab homes.

 

The system offers four configurable floor plans that create six different homes. These homes were designed as private urban retreats and developed to fit on typical urban lots. Ranging from two to six bedroom designs, one and two story options are available. Skyline’s notable design features include expansive floor to ceiling windows and come complete with outdoor decking to create an outstanding indoor outdoor experience.

Skyline’s green highlights include insulated glass, optional grid-connected solar panels, responsible woods, low VOC paint, and energy efficient appliances. These modular homes are built in a factory just like our custom prefab homes and delivered to the site complete, offering the benefits of less waste and the eliminations of custom design fees.

Skyline Series is a easy, straightforward, living solution no matter how small or large your needs are. Prices start in the $500,000s. View the range of designs at: www.marmolradzinerprefab.com/skyline.html

Learn more about our system at the Dwell On Design 2009 Conference, this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center, or contact us for more information.

We will be exhibiting at Dwell on Design 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center this Friday, June 26th thru Sunday, June 28th.

Register and get discounted tickets by going to www.dwellondesign.com using the below codes:
Exhibition Plus: Save $15 by using code DWELL22C
Conference Plus: Save $50 by using code DWELL978W
Friday is free to the trade with online registration and credentials when you check in.

We will be set up in the Dwell Outdoor area, Booth #10, next to our friends Heath Ceramics. Please stop by and get information on our prefab homes, our kitchen and vanity line, furniture and more.

See you at the show!

Marmol Radziner is opening its work shop doors in a more public way this month with the launch of a new web site for Marmol Radziner Shops. Marmol Radziner Shops services are available to homeowners, architects, designers, and contractors alike. House remodels, maintenance, or new construction projects can make use of all types of superior metal and wood services including custom  kitchen, bathroom and storage cabinets, doors and windows, various metal and wood architectural elements, and furniture.

The architects established their own metal and cabinet shops in 1995 to create modern, high quality components, at a time when their own exacting standards could not be matched by local sub-contractors. Marmol Radziner Shops has supported work at notable historic and new construction residential projects, including homes designed originally by acclaimed architect Richard Neutra, as well as commercial and retail projects for leading brands such as James Perse and Vince. Marmol Radziner Shops is the exclusive manufacturer of authentic reproductions of furniture designed by legendary architect R. M. Schindler for his seminal 1921-22 Kings Road House in West Hollywood.

Visit us online at: http://www.marmolradzinershops.com

Yesterday’s Gavin Newsom visit to our offices was quite exciting.

 Here’s the story from Christopher Hawthorne of the Los Angeles Times:

“In the early afternoon, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who announced Tuesday (via Twitter) that he was running for governor, showed up at Marmol Radziner <http://www.marmol-radziner.com/> ’s studio on Nebraska Avenue in Los Angeles for a tour and to make some brief remarks about green architecture and jobs. The visit, his first official Southern California campaign stop, came a day after Newsom stopped in at the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto.”

“Why did Newsom choose Marmol Radziner? The firm’s work on prefab housing was one reason. Newsom has made sustainable development and green-tech investment a focus of his nascent campaign. (Prefab architecture qualifies as green because, among other benefits, it produces significantly less construction waste than traditional residential building methods.) During his visit to Marmol Radziner, he wore a green tie to mark Earth Day and toured one of the firm’s sleek, minimalist prefab houses.” -Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom formally announced his candidacy for California governor at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto yesterday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Join us today in welcoming Gavin Newsom. At noon, he’ll be here in Los Angeles to tour our offices and our green prefab home, The Rincon. Later, he’ll be in San Diego touring a a renewable energy’s laboratory.

In his video announcement yesterday, Newsom touted his green efforts in San Francisco: “We have the most aggressive local solar incentives in America. The highest recycling rates. The strongest green building standards. And we are putting San Franciscans, who used to be locked out of the old industrial economy, back to work as part of a new green economy.”

Prefab Housing: From Craftsman to Contemporary

Leo Marmol, FAIA
Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Art Center College of Design, Ahmanson Auditorium, 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena 91103 (Google map)

Reception will follow at The Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena 91103 (directions)

Leo Marmol will provide an overview on the history of prefab architecture and will discuss Marmol Radziner Prefab’s ongoing quest to explore the feasibility of creating modern, well-constructed homes within the constraints of a factory. Highlights will include:

• A look at the history of prefab architecture
• An overview of past Marmol Radziner Prefab projects from design to installation
• An exploration of the efficiencies gained by building homes within a factory

Get ticket information from the Gamble House:
http://www.gamblehouse.org/events/index.html#Prefab
call (626) 793-3334, ext. 52
General admission: $25 per lecture

On tuesday of this week, MRP installed our eighth home – our third in five months. With 2000 square feet of deck space and 2000 interior square feet, this custom house is all about outdoor living. Notice the three twelve foot x twelve foot risers that gently negotiate between the deck and the ground plane. Another fine example of California living, prefab style.

The wonderful folks at Architecture Week magazine included Marmol Radziner Prefab in a great three page online article in their design section. They featured all the product lines, including custom homes and the Skyline and Rincon series.

Architecture Week is a wonderful online community, they cover all facets of design and building in a thoughtful, cohesive way.

View more online: http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/0318/design_1-1.html