Location, location, location…pictured above is the first prototype house utilizing the Blue Sky Homes Building System.  The home sits on a site 4,000 feet above sea level in the rugged Southern California High Desert and was completed earlier this year in a pretty impressive eight weeks.

The structure is integrated into the landscape on a floating six-legged platform – thus avoiding the need to grade a traditional home pad which would have irreparably damaged the beautiful desert site.

The 1,000-square-foot, two-bedroom, one-bathroom prototype house was designed by  Palm Springs – based o2 Architecture with the intent of maximizing both the benefits of the Blue Sky Homes Building System and the house’s spectacular location in the Southern California High Desert.

The home’s design is all about steel.  Other than cabinetry, a couple of interior doors and furniture, this house contains no wood at all.

Blue Sky states the belief that custom modern homes should stand the test of time and be built more efficiently and sustainably.

To meet that objective their system features:

• Light-gauge steel framing – stronger, more durable and offering greater design flexibility.
• Factory fabrication / site assembly – more precise, less waste and substantially faster.
• Flexible design – large open-space configurations utilizing standard dimensions that are easily customizable.

After taking their time and recording the process Blue Sky now estimates they can finish a house in about six weeks.