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[damanko] 08/2/2012 20:25

I have to think that this will be a very short lived thread. Sadly (and thanks for posting) - I pretty much agree with both posts thus far. Pretty sad thing, being English - when it comes to football. '66 and nowt else............

[hvs] 08/2/2012 20:12

Good riddance to Bad rubbish.

Its the F.A. after all.

And what has it given the English football fan ???

F.A.

And the managers it appointed laughing all the way to the bank.

He is foreign but he was appointed by the English somebosy stein is it ?

[vikeshpatel] 08/2/2012 20:01

Good riddance to the foreign clown.

[damanko] 08/2/2012 19:29

Joking aside, can only be good news. Could be we need somebody who cannot use an abacus, and has never sent a text message. Fax? What's a fax? Gooners may be the happiest people right now............

[damanko] 08/2/2012 19:26

Der, only wanted one more million Cornettos..........just need Benny Hill now to switch the green light on, and get somebody who can speak Enger-lish.......

[references] 07/8/2007 15:48

The shares are now on a 16% discount to the recently announced NAV which is quite typical of a property vehicle I suppose, although that grows to a 30% discount if you use DTZ's forward looking "developed" NAV discounted back to today's prices.

But with an NAV that has grown by 11% in one quarter it will be interesting to see how things develop, particularly as I read somewhere recently that a new fund is being launched to invest in Romania.

[references] 07/8/2007 15:48

The shares are now on a 16% discount to the recently announced NAV which is quite typical of a property vehicle I suppose, although that grows to a 30% discount if you use DTZ's forward looking "developed" NAV discounted back to today's prices.

But with an NAV that has grown by 11% in one quarter it will be interesting to see how things develop, particularly as I read somewhere recently that a new fund is being launched to invest in Romania.

[energyi] 12/3/2006 11:40

MICRO-HOMES, the Alternative to PreFab...?



The studio house, one of the smaller and cheaper offerings on the menu, borrows the most from the project. Here, houses have been flipped upside down so that the bedroom is on the ground floor, with the living area and kitchen upstairs to make the most of loft-style high ceilings. Not only do the ceilings on the first floor give the impression of more space, but some of the studio houses have an extra mezzanine floor for additional storage. Full-height french windows which open on to a balcony bring in more light and add to the feeling of space. Another benefit of the upside-down design is that heat rises to the living area upstairs while the bedroom remains cooler.

The decor is pared down and all the usual domestic clutter ¡X ironing board, vacuum cleaner etc ¡X can be stored away in the cloakroom, which is also home to the washing machine and the boiler.

It is all very exciting until you look at the measurements. The studio house comes in two sizes ¡X 378 sq ft (from £80,000 to £90,000) and 450 sq ft (from £105,000). The house spans two floors, which means that the top floor of the smaller studio house must measure roughly 189 sq ft ¡X a bit like living in the Ikea showroom, where the average ¡§roomset¡¨ is 126 sq ft.

But the studio house is by no means the smallest option. The apartment version, which carries the headline-grabbing price tag of £65,000, measures just 300 sq ft. Even the largest house in the range, the three-bedroom mews (from £120,000), is only slightly larger than a squash court.

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[energyi] 11/3/2006 12:29

PREFABULOUS LONDON
THE A-Z OF MODERN CITY HOMES
26 JANUARY 2005 - 18 MARCH 2006



Download Catalogue:

Events programme

Prefabulous London shows that a modern approach to prefabricated construction is flourishing in the capital with a new generation of designers and manufacturers building on the pioneering work of organisations such as the Peabody Trust.

City apartments lend themselves well to factory built components where the quality of construction needs to compensate for higher densities and restricted space for accommodation.

Offsite construction is also less disruptive in the city environment with increased construction speeds bringing a corresponding reduction in noise and transport and material handling in the neighbourhood.

It is evident that many designers are also promoting the modular unit not only as a way of producing affordable housing but also as a fashionable lifestyle product.

No more connotations of the stigmatised post-war temporary housing; the prefab is now an aspirational dwelling which is becoming increasingly desirable.

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[energyi] 22/1/2006 22:24

haha. thanks

[all eyez on me] 22/1/2006 22:04

Another good thread energyi. If you died tommorow so would the ADVFN sharepice. Keep up the good work

[energyi] 22/1/2006 21:50

Micro-house could solve homes crisis
Mark Prigg, Evening Standard ... 25 August 2005
MEASURING only 2.6 metres wide, this cube home could be the answer to London's housing crisis.



The 'micro compact home' has been developed by researchers at Munich University and a British architecture firm, Horden Cherry Lee.

The firm is in talks with Hackney council to build a mini village of the homes, which are being tested by Munich University students. The architects believe the pods could eventually be in use across London as student and key-worker accommodation. 'These are really the ultimate London houses,' said Richard Horden, one of the cube's creators.

'For key workers, and even business-people, they offer the perfect combination of price and space. They are small but they have everything you need.'

The homes provide a double-bedroom on an upper level and a working table and dining space for five. The kitchen is accessible from both levels and the entrance lobby doubles as the bathroom. The cubes can be stacked on top of each other and come with hi-tech gadgets including LCD TVs and broadband internet access

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[energyi] 22/1/2006 21:19

New Cool Box Home : FTBers don't give up hope (haha)
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Compact Home Link Project ID Project Name Architect/Designer Vendor/Supplier Vendor
Location
188 m-ch
micro
mompact
home
m-ch Ltd
micro compact home ltd
UK, Germany and Austria

- L ightweight, modular and mobile minimal dwelling for one or two people.
- Compact dimensions of 2.6m (8.53ft)
- Functioning spaces of sleeping, working/dining, cooking, and hygiene.

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[energyi] 24/5/2005 22:10

Prefab by Alejandro Bahamon
More and more architects (as well as their clients) are becoming aware of the benefits of prefabricated architecture.

Here is a first-ever look at the light, modular, dismantlable, transportable, mobile, adaptable, self-supporting, and recyclable projects that make life easier for 21st-century nomads!

Featuring over 25 extraordinary projects designed by progressive architects, PreFab takes a look at an assortment of intriguing prefabricated buildings whose functions range from single-family houses and guest pavilions to offices and bars.

Filled with 300 full-color examples and 50 architectural plans by the designers themselves, PreFab will prove to become the definitive reference for architects, contractors, homeowners, and anyone else interested in creating a prefabricated structure.

Alejandro Baham is a Colombian architect living and working in Spain. Baham has his own architectural office developing interior design, architectural, and landscaping projects. Alejandro Baham lives in Barcelona

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[energyi] 22/5/2005 23:40

DWELL HOUSE

For decades the word "prefab," and indeed the very notion of a factory-built house, carried a host of unflattering connotations: inferior, unimaginative, temporary. But proponents of modern prefab see the factory as a crucial component of a system that allows people of relatively modest means to live in the kind of architecturally distinct houses that typically have been available to only a few. Individuality, they argue, can be achieved through the modification and combination of prefabricated elements, or modules. (The term "modular" is used more or less interchangeably with the term "prefab.")

The chief roadblock to modern prefab construction has been reluctance among housing manufacturers, averse to taking a risk on an unproven phenomenon. Though believers in modern prefab are passionate, their numbers are still tiny. Until manufacturers are convinced that there exists a tenable market, they will be wary of jumping on board.

"The technology exists, and the motivation on the part of consumers and designers exists," says Arieff, speaking by phone from Dwell's offices in San Francisco. "Financing is becoming easier. Many obstacles have been taken out of the way. But until a large-scale builder or developer commits to this in at least a few regions, it's not going to become what people are dreaming of. We have to move beyond where we are now, which is a bunch of very committed individuals or small firms who are trying to do this. Alliances need to be formed on a bigger level."

Nathan Wieler would surely agree. He and his wife have just moved in to what is arguably the most high-profile modern prefab house in America: the 2,260-square-foot Dwell Home in Pittsboro, N.C., so named because that magazine sponsored its construction in a contest in 2003.

The deadline for the Dwell Home's completion was July 10, 2004, when the public was invited to come out and take a look. The open house that day was expected to draw 500 people. Five times that many showed up, some from as far away as Michigan, California and Oregon.

Budgeted at $87 per square foot, the Dwell Home's seven basic modules were factory-built, shipped to the site and erected in a matter of weeks.

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[energyi] 22/5/2005 22:24

Actual Cost

Barry Bless and Jennifer Watson figure that even if contractors had done most of the work, their 1,150-square-foot, two-bedroom, one-bath mountain retreat would have come in at around $150,000. That works out to $130 a square foot, compared with the $200-to-$400-per-square-foot costs of many modern, architect-designed houses

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[energyi] 21/5/2005 15:12

Interview:
It seems like a lot of the shelter magazines like Dwell are pushing modular, pre-fab homes. But at the same time, they admit there is relatively little cost benefit in manufacturing such homes--they're often just as expensive or more so than the custom-built houses

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[energyi] 21/5/2005 14:02

EXAMPLES:


Flatpak House
Links Project ID Project Name Architect/Designer Vendor/Supplier Vendor
131 Flapak House ....... Charlie Lazor/ Lazor Office Lazor Office/
TBA Minneapolis, MN USA

- System of panelized prefab components designed to yield a multitude of unique solutions
- Charlie Lazors own Flatpak residence is in Minneapolis (pictured - see links for more images).
- Current indicative pricing: $140-160/ft in the midwest and $190-210/ft in more expensive markets.
- The first few client projects are in production and by Fall 2005 Lazor Office will have firmer pricing and process guidelines.
- Price includes a range of fixtures, cabinets, appliances, lighting systems etc. See Flatpak links for more details.



Michelle Kaufmann Designs
Glidehouse
Links Project ID Project Name Architect/Designer Vendor/Supplier Vendor

031 Glidehouse Michelle Kaufmann Designs/
Michelle Kaufmann
mkarchitecture/
LiveModern/
Construction Resource Group San Francisco CA, USA

- Several floor plans available (1BR, 672sf to 4BR, 2480sf), many interior and exterior options.
- Priced FOB (at factory) at approximately $132/sf (USD). Upgrade finishes are also available.
- Price does not include sitework including foundations, decks, pools or garage, which can be ordered as options.
- Modular construction in an enclosed factory, trucked to your site within 4 to 6 months.
- Built by Royal Homes for customers in Michigan and Ontario (Canada).
- Build by CRG/Britco for customers in west coast and Rocky Mountain states.
- Manufacturers in other States to be announced.
- A version of Glidehouse appeared at the Sunset Magazine Celebration Weekend in Menlo Park, CA on May 15th and 16th, 2004.


Resolution: 4 Architecture
Custom Modular Homes
Links Project ID Project Name Architect/Designer Vendor/Supplier Vendor

090 Dwell Home Resolution: 4 Architecture Resolution: 4 Architecture New York,
NY, USA

Resolution: 4 Architecture New York, NY, USA

- In addition to the Dwell Home and Camp Smull, Resolution: 4 Architecture have several other modular projects in the pipeline, some of which are listed in the fabzone.
- Res4 use a flexible bar-based modular system to generate a range of possible designs.
- Pricing is determined by specific configuration and site issues.

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[energyi] 21/5/2005 13:57

Inspired by Newsweek story: ....

Of 1.18 million homes built in the US in 2004, only 3% were pre-Fab,
and that includes "double wides"

But design firms are working to change this.



May 23 issue - If you're cruising through the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York this week, stroking the buttery leather Italian chairs, coveting the coolest couches-and wrinkling your nose at the design world's inevitable excesses-you'll come upon a one-room "house," all glass and wood, filled with nifty, well-priced furniture from Blu Dot (see related story). But don't just check out the urbane modernist chairs and chests: pay attention to the sleek little structure itself. Designed by architect Charlie Lazor, one of Blu Dot's trio of founders, it's a sample of Flatpak, an ingenious system of 2-D panels that, like their furniture, can be shipped and assembled on-site into a well-crafted prefab house in far less time-and for less money?than it would take to build from scratch. It may look handsomely unassuming sitting in a cavernous trade show, but trust us: it represents the first revolution in American housing in decades.

EXCERPTS:
Kaufmann's smallest house is only 674 sq.ft wide, an can be built for as little
as $132 per sq.ft.

Resolution 4 : intened to be $100 /sf ended up to $175 /sf

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SOME modern prefabs:

Glidehouse (glidehouse.com),
from San Francisco architect Michelle Kaufmann, has a wall of sliding glass doors and comes in models with up to four bedrooms. Cost: about $166,000 for a standard two-bedroom, single-story model.

The Dwell Home (thedwellhome.com)
from Resolution: 4 Architecture in New York won a design invitational sponsored by Dwell magazine in 2003. The modular system can be customized to your needs. Cost: from $125 per square foot.

Flatpak ( )
is by Minneapolis designer Charlie Lazor, who lives in the prototype with his wife and two children. Beginning this spring, four Flatpak models will be available (from 1,600 to 2,600 square feet). Says Lazor: "Each house is unique, but they all have the same DNA." Cost: About $140 per square foot in the upper Midwest; may cost more elsewhere.

LV Home ( )
costs the least ($31,050, not including interior finishes), but you definitely need a contractor to put the two-bedroom, two-bath 1,150-square-foot kit home together. Designer Rocio Romero in Perryville, Mo., also offers the LVL Home, a three-bedroom, two-bath model. Cost: begins around $100 per square foot.

Keep in mind that a prefab may take a year to deliver, and not all can be shipped to every state. So before you buy, do your homework, Sylvester says: "You have to be flexible, because you're going to be a pioneering customer."


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NewLondon Arch.:
NWk article....:
USA summary....:
Blu Dot website:
Prefab on HPC..:
Fab Prefab.....:
Prefab Future. :