I was flipping through the Feb. issue of Wired earlier and I came across the Glassic Soho trailer. Now it’s no secret that I’m from the South. That said, I’ve set foot in my fair share of trailers—hell I know more than a few people who live in them. But this model, created by architect and furniture designer Christopher Deam and manufactured by Breckenridge, is something different.
Sure it’s still a trailer, but it’s designed with aesthetics and efficiency in mind. It comes in three models: one bedroom with kitchen, studio and two bedroom with no kitchen. Priced at about $59,000 for a fully furnished unit, this could become affordable, yet still pleasing, housing for people who aren’t rolling in dough.
One Trailer, Hold the Trash [Wired]
The “wall of glass” feature really doesn’t seem that attractive in any environment outside of the usual waterside housing (see above picture). However, build materials are top notch, along with the interior design. Probably the nicest trailer I will every spend 10 minutes looking at (over the internet anyways).
A very nice trailer, but if you can’t implement the cool “wall of glass feature” with waterfront living, you’ll still feel claustrophobic when staring out your huge windows at… another trailer.
Btw, Vince, where are you from? Last time I checked, the city of brotherly love isn’t below the Mason-Dixon line.
Well Vince lives in Jersey, but I live in New Orleans.
Oh duh, I was looking at the Maxx article when I wrote that last part….
is that siting on water?
Haha, it looks like it is sitting on pylons above the water. Hence the caption if you check out their site “On the Waterfront”
I love prefab homes. I think they will be big once we run out of space and condos get way too expensive for any sane person to fathom.
For similar looking prefab (not trailer) homes look at Rocio Romero’s LV series of homes. They seem to be pretty popular across the country and are a fairly inexpensive way to build a modern home on a budget.
http://www.rocioromero.com/LVSeries/index.htm