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Mountainside Yoga Studio

This free-standing yoga studio will be set amongst the trees and boulders at Mountainside at Northstar Lake Tahoe, California. Its heavy timber framing and rich material palette reflects the surrounding mountains. A large deck allows the yoga classes to spill into the outdoors. Due to the cold climate, the building’s orientation, glazing, and shading is fine-tuned for energy efficiency. This project is a collaboration with Method Homes, Mountainside Partners, and Sage Modern....

Venice Beach Completion

The Venice beach prefab is a two-story 2,300 sf house designed in modules. The components were fabricated offsite and shipped to the homeowner’s property in Venice beach, California. Grouparchitect was engaged to provide modular design consulting and architectural renderings.The upstairs has a breezeway that connects the bedrooms to the outdoor deck, due to California’s constant sunny weather the homeowners have the luxury to use an outdoor hallway.The house provides an indoor and outdoor living space with large stacking doors that...

Ravenna Option 3.2 Completion

This prefab residence is one of the option series Grouparchitect collaborated with Method Homes.  This home  was customized to meet the needs of the homeowners and their unique site.  It is located within Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood.  This modular home has (3) bedrooms, (3) bathrooms, spacious living spaces, and a garage and den space partially below grade.The main floor contains custom bench seating and an open living space with bedrooms to the back of the house.The modern and vibrant interior was...

Phinney Ridge Completion

This project for Phinney Ridge Prefab was the first of the option series, a line of prefabricated modular homes, built in Seattle by Method Homes. This option home series was customized to meet the owner’s needs for a three bedroom plus den, three and a half bath home. Built on a tight urban lot, this home feature a rooftop desk that is provided to catch the territorial views of Green Lake and Mount Rainier.The interiors are clean and modern with...

Northwest Green Home Tour 2015 Recap

One of Grouparchitect’s Option Series prefab homes was in the 2015 NW Green Home Tour. Our project was a prefab single family home located in Phinney Ridge. The design was in collaboration with Method Homes and Heartwood Builders. The tour was a success with about 300 attendees just at our location. In celebration, some of our team members attended the Green Building Spring Party & Green Home Tour Awards at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center. The event was hosted by the Northwest...

Northwest Green home Tour

Northwest Green Home Tour 2015

Join us this year on the Northwest Green Home Tour. Our Phinney Ridge Prefab House built in collaboration with Method Homes and Heartwood Builders will be featured on the Sunday tour. The tour is free but you will need to signup online to gain access to the houses on the tour. For more info visit: http://www.nwgreenhometour.org About the Tour The Northwest Green Home Tour is an annual educational event, open to the public, produced by the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild, that showcases local,...

Phinney Ridge Prefab – On Site Construction

The Phinney Ridge pre-fab home has seen a lot of changes over the past 2 months. Since our last update the rest of the fiber cement boards were placed on the front façade of the home. Construction of the front porch has begun, the framing, roof, and railings are in place. The driveway and retaining walls were cast and poured. When the modules were set in place, a lot of the interior work was already completed at the factory. Prefabrication allows the...

Phinney Ridge Modular Construction Time Lapse

The prefab collaboration with Method homes was pieced together in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle. This Option series house was custom built over the last few months and it was erected in the month of January 2015. We have documented the process of this prefabricated home in our previous blog posts. The time lapse video illustrates the quick process of setting the modular in place. The neighborhood was able to witness a two story home being built in one...

Phinney Ridge Prefab – Module Set

Exciting news on the Pre-fab home front here at Grouparchitect!  The latest collaboration with Method homes is taking shape in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle.  This Option series house has been in the works for the last few months, and as detailed in previous blog posts progress has been continuing steadily.  The most exciting part of a pre-fab project is setting the individual modules onto the foundation and several of our staff (as well as most of the neighbors!) were...

Phinney Ridge Prefab – Construction

The Phinney Ridge project is a single-family, prefab house. Since our last update we have seen a few changes regarding the site and house. The framework for the foundation was built and the concrete was poured. The site is prepared for the prefab house to be dropped in. One of the benefits of prefabrication is the ability to work in a dry enclosed facility during wet seasons and maintaining the exposed materials during the construction phase. The building’s current state is...