House of the Year: this craftsman-inspired home is factory-built--proving modular has moved far beyond the bland box.(CONSTRUCTION)

Country Living, February, 2005

You'd never guess it, but for the first time our House of the Year is a modular home built off site! Designed by architect Roberto Kritzer with Genesis Homes and the editors of Country Living, this charming stone-and-clapboard bungalow-style home on picturesque Boyd Lake in Loveland, Colo., is fitted with the kind of custom details, premium materials, and architectural character associated with the finest custom-built homes--yet the majority of it was built in under a week at a Genesis facility in Berthoud, Colo.

Modular homes generally cost about 15 percent less than conventionally ...