Connect Homes Builds Modernist-Inspired Prefabs With a Surprising Amount of Floor-to-Ceiling Glass

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After helping launch Marmol Radziner's line of prefab houses around 2002, architects Gordon Stott and Jared Levy saw modular prefabrication as a chance to make high-quality residences more affordable—so long as the construction method was extremely efficient.

In 2012 they launched Connect Homes with fifteen designs as part of its original Design Series. Since, Stott and Levy have made more affordable models as well as shelters and community buildings for unhoused people. Here, Stott tells us about the company’s new Pro Series and what makes the California-based fabricator unique.

What’s the most exciting project you’ve realized to date?

Over the course of delivering 125 prefab homes, there are lots of way to interpret "exciting project." When Connect first launched, we were less conservative with our delivery approach because our modules were small and originally designed to be delivered without a crane. This led to houses being installed in very inaccessible places where it was difficult to access by car. This sometimes made a project a little too exciting!

Today, our most exciting projects are when a client’s house looks like a beautiful, completed midcentury steel-and-glass home from the moment it’s craned on site. While there is still work to be done on site after delivery—the Case Study Houses are our inspiration—seeing something that looks like one deployed instantly is really thrilling.