This California Prefab Builder’s Website Lets You Visualize an ADU on Your Property
Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar? Get in […]
Airbnb co-founder’s startup Samara unveils ‘Backyard,’ its first ADU model for California | News
California-based housing startup Samara has unveiled further details of their factory-produced studio and one-bedroom units. The company, led by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia and former Flex chief executive Mike McNamara, will now roll out a selection of customizable ADU units, collectively known as the Backyard range, across Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. […]
Minnesota Is Not California – Streets.mn
One of the best things about the globally connected world in which we live is that stories and ideas can spread incredibly quickly. Thanks to the internet, I have learned so much about housing from the experiences of people all over, for example, residents of the city of San Francisco. One of the worst things […]
VC Firm Fifth Wall Backs SF-Based ADU Startup
California’s housing and development wars are heating up, and venture capitalis betting on a strong ADU market. Fifth Wall, a proptech-focused venture capital firm based in Southern California, led a $15 million Series A round for ADU company Cottage, according to an announcement today. Two-year-old Cottage, based in San Francisco, describes itself as a “one […]
Dwell Magazine Is Now Selling Minimalist Prefab ADUs
Photo: Benjamin Rasmussin The possibilities of prefab housing have long tantalized architects who want to build quickly, affordably, and at scale. And the shelter magazine Dwell (disclosure: I was once an editor there) has been trying really hard to make high-end prefab happen, sponsoring design competitions and partnering with builders like Turkel, Lindal, and Empyrean […]
