New modular system aims for apartment and condo market
April 22, 2011 by Sofia Camfield · Leave a Comment
An image of a unit built with the Sustainable Living Innovations system. (Doug Scott/CollinsWoerman)
Heres one of the many interesting items Im catching up on as I recover from a nasty virus.
Seattle architecture firm CollinsWoerman Wednesday unveiled a prototype modular building system for multi-family buildings.
Many companies have been looking at modular construction, which brings in homes or building sections pre-built in a factory, as a way to make buildings faster, at less cost, with better energy efficiency and less waste.
Sustainable Living Innovations bills itself as the only component-based concrete and steel system scalable to buildings six stories and above and customizable to virtually any site.