Design Culture

Hit the Road!

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For those of you are in search of a little inspiration for your upcoming summer road trip, take a look at John’s Beemer Garage . The site claims to have the largest selection of BMW bike photos on the internet. Take a look!

Factory, Palms House, Prefab Process

Cleared for landing - Concrete pads at the Palms House

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To facilitate the transition between indoor and outdoor spaces, the Palms House has a few exterior stair landings (or palettes) that stick out beyond the building envelope of the modules. Visually, these pads continue the same materials inside and out so that the entire ground level of the home has poured concrete floors. We fabricated these pads in our factory, and they were  forklifted into place during the installation a few weeks ago.

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Green Building, Leo Marmol, Palms House, Prefab Process

Los Angeles Times Coverage of the Palms Installation

Click below to view some amazing footage of the Palms House installation, and learn about the process from Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner.

Los Angeles Times Video of Palms

Design Culture, Events, Green Building, Palms House, Prefab Process, Rincon, Rincon Series

Easy and Green

There’s been so much going on recently, including some great video coverage this month we can share with you. San Diego Fox 6 highlighted the Rincon 5 and the very easy process of buying one of our green prefab homes on their show, San Diego Living. Take a look!

Factory, Green Building, Leo Marmol, Palms House, Prefab Process

The Palms House on Renovation Nation

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Tomorrow, Marmol Radziner Prefab will be featured on Renovation Nation, starring Steve Thomas .  Renovation Nation now calls the Planet Green channel home and provides viewers with information on green building. Our episode highlights the green features of prefab building and follows the Palms House as it traveled through our factory. The completed Palms House was installed in Venice, CA on June 3rd and 4th. 

Renovation Nation
July 24th
6 PM EST (for PST check your local listings) 
Planet Green Channel

Design Culture, Events

Architects at Play

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What do you get when you combine starchitects and Formica? The FORM: Contemporary Architects at Play furniture design competition benefiting the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Arts in Cincinnati. The pricey pieces were auctioned on May, 2008 and are currently on exhibit at the CAC.

Events, Heath, Rincon

And The Winner Is….

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We are happy to annouce that Jorge Gracia of San Diego and Phyllis Sands of Long Beach are the two winners of the Heath Ceramics raffle we had at Dwell on Design. Congratulations! We would like to thank Heath Ceramics for donating the beautiful bowls as well as the tile in the Rincon 5.

Design Culture, Events, Rincon Series

Show and Tell at Dwell

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This weekend we were busy with the Dwell on Design  show. The show was well attended and we saw a lot of familiar faces. Thanks to everyone who came out to see us!

Here are some photos of the new Rincon 5 at Dwell. The 660 square foot Rincon 5 is the largest of our new series of single module accessory buildings. The Rincon 5 is designed to be used as a guest house, office, or vacation retreat. 

We plan on taking our Rincon 5 on the road  this summer to host a variety of design events. We will keep you posted with upcoming dates.

Leo Marmol, Palms House, Prefab Process, Projects, Uncategorized

Welcome to the Neighborhood!

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By 10:30 am on Wednesday, all 13 mods that make up the Palms House were installed. The 2800 square foot house includes 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a living room/dining room, kitchen (with operable skylight), office and plenty of outdoor living space.

Events, Leo Marmol, Palms House

Installation of the Palms House!

We are excited to announce that we installed the first floor of the Palms House (formally the Venice House) today!  All eight modules that make up the ground level were installed in less that three hours, three hours ahead for schedule!  The ground floor includes the kitchen (with fully installed cabinets), living room, bathroom (fully installed), laundry room, pantry, outdoor living space, and carport.

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Tomorrow our crew will install the second floor. If you are in the Venice area stop by and say hello!

734 Palms Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291

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