The new designs of prefab
![In the fall, workers installed the factory-built modules of a Ray Kappe-designed LivingHomes prefab in Brentwood.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cabd510/2147483647/strip/true/crop/270x425+0+0/resize/270x425!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F49%2Fd7%2F85cc6853d01ff810624986f092df%2Fla-hm-prefab-06-jo0t0lnc.jpg)
In the fall, workers installed the factory-built modules of a Ray Kappe-designed LivingHomes prefab in Brentwood. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
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Site work that normally can take months was finished in a matter of days. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
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Wired magazine then staged the property as a show house equipped not only with high-tech gadgets, but with green elements as well: radiant heat, tankless water heater, LED lighting and solar power and exterior siding that was Forest Stewardship Council certified. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
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The Wired LivingHomes kitchen, including Valcucine millwork. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
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A model of the Wired LivingHomes showcase house, displayed inside the built project. LivingHomes will be among the exhibitors in the Prefab Zone of the CA Boom design show. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)