The Ford house has been delivered and set! On Friday, the Ford house left the Palm-Harbor Discovery Plant on two flat-bed trucks and arrived at its home on Ford St in SW Austin. According to ma modular’s general contractor, Jerry Fryer, “It was a game of inches.” To clear the power lines, the crane was [...]

Thank you to everyone who attended the plant tour to view the Ford House being built. One tour participant had this to say (via email) afterward: “Absolutely amazing to see someone’s home being built in that fashion.  So much more effective/efficient.  Not only for the clients, and the sake of the home, but for the [...]

The four projects we introduced at the beginning of the summer have made great strides! Ford (a single-family home in SW Austin) – Construction begins next week at our partner manufacturing plant, Palm Harbor-Discovery, here in Austin. Ruth (a secondary home on a single lot in NW Austin) – Design Phase 1 of 2 is [...]

Chris Krager, founder of Ma Modular, is one of 5 sustainable business owners featured in Tribeza magazine this month: http://tribeza.com/component/content/article/213.html An excerpt from the article: “KRDB’s primary mission is to make design more accessible, both financially and intellectually. Most people have a limited amount they can allocate to their monthly housing costs. First, find a [...]

Ma Modular’s Florida/Georgia manufacturer, Palm Harbor-Nationwide Homes, joined “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to build the television show’s first modular home. Click here to preview the episode, which is is scheduled to air this Sunday, May 16 at 8/7 Central on ABC: http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition Will Ty and the folks at ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” learn from [...]

The Ford House Project is underway in SW Austin near Zilker Park! Over the next several months, we’ll be documenting the 10 steps to building a Ma Modular home. Our clients already own the property and have sold their existing house, so Step 1 is Site Orientation. Friday morning, the client, Jerry Fryer (ma’s General [...]

Designers/builders of pre-fab housing often talk about the cost benefits of  modular homes versus site built homes, but there are also some pretty great (and eco-friendly) non-monetary benefits to consider: Shorter turn time: 2-3 months versus 5-7 months to completion and move-in. Modular homes are assembled in protected environments versus on site where they are [...]

In October 2008, Chris had the privilege of spending the day with Julius Shulman, world-renowned architectural photographer featured in the documentary ”Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman” (www.juliusshulmanfilm.com). It was an honor for Chris to tour one of the most influential photographers of modern architecture through the ma model home, Luna, and several other [...]

“We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” – Sir Winston Churchill A recent article in Rare Magazine describes how KRDB takes existing technology and makes good design cost effective and eco-friendly: http://rareaustin.com/?p=922

With ma inquiries coming in from all over the country, we hired Amy Bernhard to lead the project’s growth, both locally and nationally. You’ll be hearing from Amy on a regular basis…stay tuned…