CAST crew celebrating Summer!

The siren's call of Seattle's summer has brought everyone back to town.  Last night, we celebrated our the solstice (a little late), the return of Holly from Sonoma and Forrest from Madrid, and had a little send off for Gunnar who is heading back to Norway's midnight sun.

CAST has a few other reasons to celebrate:

We're starting a two projects in Mazama (schematic design images upcoming).

Kenny's house is nearing completion:

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Our first modular home on Bainbridge Island for Michel and Chas just went on the market this morning:

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And the Mazama Ranchero is going to be published in a few magazines this fall, as well as the Lichtenstein cottage in a feature about Small Spaces:

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Plus, Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands is in permit, ready for construction this fall:

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Happy summer, everyone!

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CAST had a great 2012--a mixed use studio, our first prefab houses, a pioneering urban farm, some great residential projects and a fabulous cabin in Mazama are just some of the many projects that we worked on this past year.

The second modular home at 100th Street is getting installed today! Just how much is done offsite in the factory? As much as possible!  

A short subdivison in West Seattle is serving as the site for two prefabricated homes for a Seattle developer.

CAST worked with a modular factory in Oregon to understand the constraints involved with building, shipping, and installing factory built structures. Leveraging this knowledge we have designed a prototype house which balances the economy of modular construction with selective site built elements to gain the modulation, character, and function which stock prefabricated construction typically lacks.

By making changes to the homes orientation, location of site built portions of the structure such as awnings, eaves, parking, and decks, an extremely economical structure is tailored into a series of custom homes.