Star Apartments is Modular Building Institute’s October “Building of the Month”. It was manufactured by Guerdon Modular Buildings for Skid Row Housing Trust in Los Angeles, California. It reused an existing building plus modular construction to provide a mixed-use housing complex with 102 apartments for the area’s most Star Apartments is meant to help LA’s chronically homeless get back on their feet in a timely manner. It’s geometric design by acclaimed architect Michael Maltzan provides 102 apartments, …
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Modular Building of the Month – September 2014
The Modular Building Institute’s September 2014 Building of the Month is Ruth Lake Lodge. Manufactured in Lethbridge, Alberta by BCT Structures, Ruth Lake is an “open lodge” located 26 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. It provides much-needed housing for employees and executives of companies working in the ever-growing Athabasca Oil Sands industries in Canada. Composed of 235 modules married with panelized construction, the Ruth Lake Oil Lodge was manufactured and built in 319 days …
Modular buildings arrive as Steamboat, Colorado school enrollment continues to climb
Modular buildings arrive as enrollment at a school in Steamboat, Colorado continues to climb. Two new modular classrooms are being installed at Soda Creek Elementary School this week, adding additional teaching space as enrollment across the district continues to creep up. As of Tuesday, district officials expected 2,460 … Read full article