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New design for the Porch House introduced — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 09-17-2003 11:18

An exciting new design for the Porch House was unveiled today at lamidesign.com/plans. The Porch House is part of the Camp Group of small modern cabins and cottages. Schematic floor plans, exterior and interior views are available online and Design Prints are available for order.

Newsweek Article on housing and design — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 05-20-2005 13:44

Newsweek writer Cathleen McGuigan exams the state of Housing Design.

New Design for the Tray House introduced — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 12-31-2003 07:04

The design for a new modern stock house plan, the Tray House, was unveiled today at lamidesign.com/plans

New Modern Home Magazine: Atomic Ranch — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 12-08-2003 09:35

A new quarterly publication focusing on mid-century modern houses and furnishings called Atomic Ranch has been announced.

Resolution:4Architecture Modern Modular update — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 11-21-2003 15:03

Resolution: 4 Architecture has updated their Modern Modular Typologies

New Design for the Cube House introduced — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 11-13-2003 02:48

The design for a new modern stock house plan, the Cube House, was unveiled today at lamidesign.com/plans

Resolution:4 Architecture Posts Dwell Home Progress Photos — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 04-10-2004 17:02

Resolution:4 Architecture, the architects of the winning entry in the Dwell Home Design Invitational, has posted photos of the prefab under construction in the factory.

Wieler pre-fab Homes posts Web Site — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 11-21-2003 09:28

A new modern pre-fab home company created by the client from the Dwell Home competition.

Lamidesign Stock Plans covered at MocoLoco.com — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 03-11-2004 11:05

Lamidesign.com modern stock plan web site was covered today at MocoLoco.com, the Modern Contemporary Design Webzine

First LV Home customer posts site photos — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 05-07-2004 18:00

The very first customer of the LV Home has posted site photos and a description of their project.

Residential Architect Magazine Reinventing American Housing — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 06-04-2004 05:27

Residential Architect Magazine has proposed a symposium titled Reinvention 2004.

The First Delaware Valley Modernists Meeting — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 03-01-2004 15:30

The first of what will become a regular meeting of Delaware Valley Modernists has been scheduled for March 10th, 2004, at 7:30pm at North Third (restaurant and bar) at 3rd & Brown St, Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia.

LiveModern Membership tops 1000 — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 03-14-2004 12:59

Although barely 6 months old, the LiveModern Community has already reached over 1000 members.

Deck House Construction Prints Complete — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 07-02-2004 10:22

The Construction Prints for a new modern stock house plan, the Deck House, are complete and available for order at lamidesign.com/plans

Lortondale, Tulsa, OK Neighborhood launches web site — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 04-21-2004 05:55

Lortondale, a neighborhood of mid-century modern homes in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has launched its own web site.

Case Study Architect Pierre Koenig dies at 78 — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 04-06-2004 15:42

Modernist Architect Pierre Koenig, famous for his Case Study Houses, died in Los Angeles this past Sunday, 4 April 2004.

LiveModern Membership tops 1500 — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 05-27-2004 09:33

Not only has it topped 1500 but it is well on its way to 1700 people

UK makes modern homes official policy — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 08-30-2004 07:48

In an amazing turn of events UK Planning official announces that contemporary design to become policy.

New Design for the Plat House introduced — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 04-06-2005 07:14

The design for a new modern stock house plan, the Plat House, was unveiled today at lamidesign.com/plans

Blogging tools available on LiveModern — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 05-27-2004 09:35

Since the last site upgrade all members now have access to blogging at LiveModern.

Time Magazine Covers Prefab — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 05-04-2004 07:31

Time Magazine has published an article reviewing the current modern prefab movement.

Modern House Tour by New Canaan Historical Society — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 09-23-2004 06:58

The New Canaan Historical Society is hosting a Modern House Tour and Symposium.

Porch House Construction Prints Complete — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 08-17-2004 20:03

The exciting design for the Porch House was completed today at lamidesign.com/plans. The Porch House is part of the Camp Group of small modern cabins and cottages. Schematic floor plans, exterior and interior views are available online and Design Prints are available for order.

Toyota manufacturing houses — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 10-14-2004 14:41

Applying assembly line manufacturing know how to the housing market Toyota offers a line of factory fabricated homes.

Rakemag.com covers Pre-Fab — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 07-08-2004 06:25

Interesting coverage of Pre-fab with a focus on Charlie Lazor's Flatpack House.

Modular Dwellings New PreFab to be sold on EBay — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 06-17-2004 08:40

The new MD 280 prefab by Modular Dwellings is destined for sale via EBay.

lamidesign Stock Plans in This Old House Mag — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 09-19-2004 18:00

As strange as that may sound the Modern House Designs from lamidesign.com/plans are mentioned in This Old House Magazine.

Constructing the Future, in Australia — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 10-27-2004 09:22

The state of modern architecture, and politics, in Australia today closely follows the US.

Portland Housing Competition Posts Results — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 09-26-2004 11:06

The Living Smart Housing design competition for narrow lot homes sponsored by the City of Portland has posted images the entries.

Dwell Home II Winner Announced — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 11-06-2004 07:06

The winning architects for the Dwell Home II competition were announced in the December 2004 issue.

New Pixar movie The Incredibles goes modern — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 11-10-2004 21:35

A neighborhood populated by modern houses co-stars in the new animated feature.

Lamidesign stock plans in Architecture Mag — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 12-27-2004 06:45

Architecture Magazine covers Lamidesign's modern stock plans in the News section of the December 2004 issue.

Modern Pre-Fab in the The New York Times — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 12-09-2004 08:24

The NYT Home & Garden section article reports on a pre-fab built in NY with the Austrian OA•Sys system.

Cube House Construction Prints Complete — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 12-13-2004 09:54

The Construction Prints for another modern stock house plan, the Cube House, are available today at lamidesign.com/plans

The New York Times covers the Modern Nursery — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 11-29-2004 11:17

The NYT magazine section article reports on rising demand for modern children's goods.

Delaware Valley Modernists Meeting Scheduled — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 04-12-2005 07:02

The second of what will become a regular meeting of Delaware Valley Modernists has been scheduled for Tuesday April 26th, 2005, at 7:00pm at the Grooveground Coffee Shop, 647 Haddon Ave Collingswood, NJ 08108-3723 (856) 869-9800 www.grooveground.com/.

Blogs Go Live at LiveModern! — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 02-02-2005 16:56

The LiveModern blog directory now updates automatically with the latest blog entries.

Azure Magazine covers Prefab — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 07-19-2005 05:48

Azure, the Canadian magazine of Design, Architecture, and Art does a cover story on Prefab.

Newsweek Article on PreFab — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 05-20-2005 13:48

Newsweek writer Cathleen McGuigan exams the state of prefabricated housing.

This Old House goes Modern — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 08-04-2005 09:22

In a break from past projects This Old House has chosen a distinctly modern house for its Fall project house.

New York Times: McMansions on the Outs! — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 10-02-2005 16:36

This article in the New York Times describes a trend towards decreasing home size and better quality.

Prefab in the Philadelphia Inquirer — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 02-05-2006 09:02

The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article about modern prefab in the 3Feb06 realestate section.

Modern PreFab featured on Yahoo Financial — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 06-30-2006 09:40

The Weekend Edition of Yahoo Finance's online magazine featured modern prefab.

Dwell Magazine publishes Plat House — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 09-01-2006 07:35

The Arkansas Plat House is published in the October 2006 issue of Dwell.

Spring Creek Design offers LaMiDesign house plan promotion — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 08-18-2007 07:58

Home Builder Spring Creek Design from Pennsylvania wants to build your house from LaMiDesign's house plans, and is running a promotion to encourage you to do it.

Glass House promotes proactive preservation. — by Gregory La Vardera — last modified 10-04-2007 19:09

The Phillip Johnson Glass House, a National Trust Historic site, is promoting proactive preservation by actively trying to connect buyers to significant historic modern homes.