February 9, 2010
This is the look of the UA Architecture school-designed modular home that the Downtown Little Rock Community Development Corp. will build at 1519 Commerce St. The DLRC, the city and UA architects will break ground at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The DLRC says the home will be sustainable, affordable and it and others like it will help revive the South Main neighborhood. A press release said the home was designed by 4th and 5th year students at the UA and was built in modules at a warehouse in Fayetteville. The house should be up by April. UA students have been working on designing affordable modular homes under professor Gregory Herman for several years. The press release didn’t estimate what the house would cost to build or purchase, but earlier articles about previous projects estimated around $70,000.

This is the look of the UA Architecture school-designed modular home that the Downtown Little Rock Community Development Corp. will build at 1519 Commerce St. The DLRC, the city and UA architects will break ground at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The DLRC says the home will be sustainable, affordable and it and others like it will help revive the South Main neighborhood.

A press release said the home was designed by 4th and 5th year students at the UA and was built in modules at a warehouse in Fayetteville. The house should be up by April. UA students have been working on designing affordable modular homes under professor Gregory Herman for several years.

The press release didn’t estimate what the house would cost to build or purchase, but earlier articles about previous projects estimated around $70,000.

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