ValleyWag, a self-described Silicon Valley tech gossip site (yeah, not sure how I ended up there) recently posted on a Santa Cruz Sentinel story discussing billionaire Phillipe Kahn's (current CEO of Fullpower Technologies) move to a new Marmol Radzinger prefab located on Kahn's Santa Cruz property. The cost of the new 3,200 square foot eco-friendly prefab is pegged between $300,000 and $1 million dollars.
If you stop and think about this, it's kind of amazing that someone with that much money and power didn't opt for a 14,000 square foot Mega-McMansion--instead choosing a much more humble abode. While I have to disagree with the blogger's characterization of calling Mr. Kahn "eco-trailer trash", I do agree that going Usonian would have been an even more exciting modest-home solution...but, to each their own! You can check out the entire Santa Cruz Sentinel article here.
Photo courtesy of Santa Cruz Sentinel
Man, that's so cool. Maybe he is giving lots away to charity!
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakesh | Mar 23, 2008 at 05:53 PM