Michelle Kaufmann Calls It Quits
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Michelle Kaufmann Designs closes it's doors after the economy takes it's toll on production and financing of her green prefab homes.
Please see the article (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/05/green-prefab-firm-michelle-kaufmann-designs-is-closing.html) on the LA Times website for the sad news that MKD is closing it's doors after making a really good attempt at bringing modern prefab to the masses. Factors that contributed to the closing are banks not wanting to finance "different" houses, and factories closing that MKD relied upon for the manufacture of her houses. We here had a lot to say about MKD through the years, both good and bad. I myself came very close to building one of her houses for my family. So sorry, Michelle. You really did make a good go of it.
Where does this leave our modern prefab movement?
-R.
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