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Article: Easy pieces: Marmol Radziner Prefab Inc. makes high-end custom homes, but in prefabricated modular mode.(Innovation)(prefabricated housing units)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 3, 2007
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SOME startups can trace their origins to a thrilling moment of inspiration or victory, but Marmol Radziner Prefab Inc. isn't one of them.
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The genesis of the nearly 2-year-old company, which designs and builds custom prefabricated homes, can actually be found in defeat.
In 2003, the architecture and design magazine Dwell invited a select group of architects from around the country, including the Los Angeles-based team of Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner, to participate in a prefab design competition. Marmol and Radziner had high hopes their entry would be chosen, but ultimately a team from New York won out.
While the ...