During Christmas, I was in the airport waiting for my flight and decided to pop into a store to grab some reading material.  Much to my surprise, this was December you know, the February issue of Dwell was already up and it popped right out at me.  On the stands right now is “The Prefab Issue: Real Homes for Real People,” and it’s definitely worth reading.  In addition to an essay from founding editor-in-chief Karrie Jacobs, here are a few prefabs you can expect to read about in this issue:

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This is part of the Jetson Green birthday giveaway, so make sure to leave a comment by midnight Tuesday, July 29, 2008, if you want to be considered for the contest.*

With the Jetson Green birthday givaway wrapping up and winners soon to be announced, I want to announce this bonus giveaway which we’re offering by the generosity of Natural Home Magazine and its editorial team.  As a reader of Natural Home Magazine myself, I’m pretty psyched to be able to giveaway a year’s subscription to this high-quality publication.  Natural Home focuses on sustainable home design and materials, earth-friendly decoration, and natural lifestyles.

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Eight houses were chosen for Architectural Record’s special, web-exclusive list of Unbuilt Houses.  They’re all green.  If you take a look, you might notice something familiar.  You’ve probably seen many of them before.  Five of the eight homes have been featured on Jetson Green previously (links below).  I guess that means we’re doing something right (and fast), too.  My favorite would have to be Adjaye Associates’ design for the Make It Right Project in New Orleans. 

• Make It Right, Adjaye Associates
• Pasadena EcoHouse, Studio RMA
• Smart Home: Green + Wired, Michelle Kaufmann Designs
• Sycamore House, Kovac Architects
• ZeroHouse, Specht Harpman
• San Vicente Residence, Pugh + Scarpa
• Swell House, Studio ST Architects and Z-A
• Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Home, Coates Design Associates