eric | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 04 2007 | boing boing, Cory Doctorow, ikea, prefab, house
Ikea has begun selling prefab houses in Sweden and is rolling them out in the UK.
Quoted: BoKlok homes don't exactly come in flatpacks, but they're not far off. The timber-framed buildings are almost entirely prefabricated. They are usually brought to the site on the back of trucks as pre-assembled units, like Portakabins, with the interiors already fitted out. Each apartment is made up of two of these units, which are simply moved into position by crane. Put on the roof and exterior wall cladding, plumb and wire it in, and it's ready to live in. The typical BoKlok arrangement is an L-shaped, two-storey block with three apartments on each floor. One such block can be put up in a day...
eric | Shared With: Everyone - May 17 2006 | IKEA, finance, business
"The Economist" did a bit of digging around the IKEA business and what they've found is not so heartening. This private company appears to be using non-profit status to obtain favorable tax exemption treatment while trap-doors in the corporate structure pay out exorbitant amounts of the money to the "IKEA group." Eek.
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