SIZE

SIZE: 350 SF SIZE

SIZE: 450-2200SF SIZE 1000-1200SF
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SIZE: 350 SF SIZE:SIZE:
SIZE SIZE
450-2200SF
350 SF SIZE 1000-1200SF
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SIZE: 450-2200SF SIZE 1000-1200SF
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CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION
CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION
CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION
COST: $75K COST
COST: STARTING AT $125K COST
COST: STARTING AT $150K COST: $75K COST:
COST
COST:
STARTING
$75KAT $125K COST
COST: STARTING
COST ATSTARTING
COST: $150K AT $125K COST
COST: STARTING AT $150K
TIMELINE: COMING SOON TIMELINE 10-14 MONTHS
TIMELINE: TIMELINE 8 MONTHS
TIMELINE: TIMELINE: COMING SOON TIMELINE
TIMELINE:
TIMELINE:
10-14 MONTHS
COMING SOON TIMELINE
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8 MONTHS 10-14 MONTHS TIMELINE 8 MONTHS
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WHY ALCHEMY?
Alchemy’s distinct hands-on approach to
architecture and design combines a playful design
process, collaborative relationships with clients, and
partnerships with builders and fabricators to create
a harmonious blend of site, building, and community.
Our multidisciplinary team draws inspiration from
art, literature, history, and leading creative thinkers
to create alternative and atypical project solutions.

NOTABLE
Led by Geoffrey C. Warner, AIA, Alchemy has received
numerous awards, major museum exhibitions, and
international press recognition.
PREFABRICATED
The weeHouse®, lightHouse, and barnHouse
are separate strategies developed to leverage
prefabrication. There are many benefits to building
in a factory: consistently perfect building weather,
less material damage, less moisture infiltration, less
material waste, and less travel to the job site.
QUALITY
From subfloor to rubber roof, the products used in
every weeHouse® are carefully chosen based on
their durability, sustainability, and overall quality.
ENVIRONMENTAL
With sustainable practices as a mainstay of our
daily work, Alchemy utilizes recycling and reuse
along with building strategies that reduce energy
consumption.
EFFICIENT
Inspired by the sustainably-driven design
principles of building small and efficiently, the
weeHouse® acts to offset the prevalent practices
of overbuilding by bringing smart design to modern
homes.

Linden Hills weeHouse® 2009

© 2018 Alchemy LLC
 THE PROCESS
1. Site Visit
Identify and acquire the land for your project. After a call
to Alchemy to go over basic logistics, we will schedule
a Site Visit to meet you, your general contractor (if
available), and review the site.

2. Contract
After the Site Visit, a contract detailing timing, costs,
payments, and expectations is prepared, reviewed and
signed. An invoice for the next step, the Feasibility Study,
accompanies the contract.

3. Feasibility Study
The Feasibility Study—roughly 30 hours of design
work—includes preparing a project budget based on
factory and site specific projected costs. This is when
Alchemy determines if the project is most efficiently
built via modular, panelized, or on-site construction.

4. Design
Alchemy designs the project to suit your program needs
and the site. Alchemy's standard fee is 15% of the total
project cost. We maintain an open accounting policy and
keep you up-to-date on all project details.
5. Contractor
Identify a licensed general contractor for permitting
and site work and start foundation construction, utility
hook-ups, and garage/driveway. The GC will also
manage other exterior finishing work: awnings/porches/
decks/railings.

6. Factory Built Construction

While the modules or panels are being built in the
factory, the site work is happening. A typical build
timeline is 6-9 months based on factory availability.

7. Delivery/Set
The weeHouse® modules or the panels for the
lightHouse / barnHouse are delivered and placed on the
prepared site.

8. The Button-Up
The finishing work is completed by the on-site
Marfa weeHouse® 2009 contractor. From start to finish, plan on 12-14 months
© 2018 Alchemy LLC minimum. Site work can take longer in certain areas.
25 YEARS OF ALCHEMY
Alchemy has actively engaged in combining great
design with efficient building methods since
being established in 1992. Alchemy’s innovative
weeHouse® system and “barn-tech” sensibility
offer a new way to deliver design.

Our mission is to make stimulating, engaging, and

efficient design accessible and affordable for a
wide audience. Projects include private retreats,
urban residences, loft renovations, bungalow
additions, a Montessori Training Center Campus,
and commercial projects ranging from retail to
restaurants, dentist offices to breweries!

With sustainable practices as a mainstay of our

daily work, Alchemy utilizes recycling and reuse
along with building strategies that reduce waste.
Our multidisciplinary team draws inspiration
from art, literature, history, and leading creative
thinkers to produce alternative and atypical
project solutions. Each project offers constraints
that engage and test design solutions we’ve been
developing over the years.

How can Alchemy deliver design to you?

Alchemy founder, Geoffrey Warner,

assists the crane operator on set day.
The greenest square foot is the one you don’t build.

Arado weeHouse® 2004

© 2018 Alchemy LLC

LUXURY OF LESS
2140 sq ft

Each Alchemy project exemplifies our dedication

2,467 sq ft to limiting waste and maximizing the impact of our
1905 sq ft

Average American Home Size in 2016

efforts.
1503 sq ft

By combining low-tech passive solar principals with

the high-tech renewable energy technologies, we
weeHouse® 3BR 1350 sq ft continue to develop work that is functional and
983 sq ft

barnHouse 1150 sq ft efficient. Furthermore, with white rubber roofs

reflecting the sun’s heat and vented roof spaces
weeHouse® 2BR 850 sq ft allowing additional heat separation, our homes are set
up to keep your utility costs down.
700 sq ft

weeHouse® 435 sq ft Alchemy leverages the intimacy of smaller footprints

lightHouse 350 sq ft with a modern aesthetic by efficiently using space,
technology, and good environmental stewardship.
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DELIVERING DESIGN weeHouse® Project
Alchemy partners with established factories across the country lightHouse Project
to build our prefab projects. Most locations are within a reasonable range for barnHouse Project
transport from the factory but if they are not, we look to on-site building options. Site Built Project
This map shows Alchemy’s completed projects as of June 2018.
 PROJECT TIMELINES
SITE WORK
Alchemy’s prefab projects are built in independently
FABRICATION SET BUTTON-UP owned factories across the United States and
lightHouse: 4 + months shipped with minimal need for additional work.
SIZE
SIZE: SIZE
SIZE: SIZE
SIZE:
450-2200SF 1000-1200SF

Alchemy designs your project and then, with on-site

350 SF

CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION

COST: $75K COST
COST: COST
COST: STARTING AT $150K help from a local contractor, guides it through to
SITE WORK
STARTING AT $125K

TIMELINE: COMING SOON TIMELINE 10-14 MONTHS

TIMELINE: TIMELINE 8 MONTHS
TIMELINE:
completion.
DESIGN FABRICATION SET BUTTON-UP
Whether small or large, weeHouses are sturdy
SIZE
SIZE: 450-2200SF weeHouse:
SIZE
SIZE: 9 + months
1000-1200SF enough to withstand site extremes from desert to
ATION CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION
tundra and may be placed anywhere accessible by
COST
COST: STARTING AT $125K COST
COST: STARTING AT $150K
MING SOON TIMELINE 10-14 MONTHS
TIMELINE: TIMELINE 8 MONTHS
TIMELINE: SITE WORK truck. We are not able to ship modular weeHouses
overseas at this time.
DESIGN FABRICATION SET BUTTON-UP

200SF SIZE 1000-1200SF

SIZE:
barnHouse: 9 + months
IZATION CUSTOMIZATION
RTING AT $125K COST
COST: STARTING AT $150K
: 10-14 MONTHS TIMELINE 8 MONTHS
TIMELINE:
SITE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION
BUILT Site Built Project: 12+ months
1-2 months 3-4 6-9 12+

Sonoma weeHouse® 2016

© 2018 Alchemy LLC
 MODULAR
MODULAR(OR
(ORSITE
SITEBUILT)
BUILT) FLAT-PACKED
FLAT-PACKED(OR
(ORMODULAR)
MODULAR) FLAT-PACKED
FLAT-PACKED(OR
(ORSITE
SITEBUILT)
BUILT)
The original, custom prefab system, Luxury in less: delivered complete or A standardized exterior shell provides barn
designed and finished inside and out. as a flat packed unit for urban infill sites. space with customizable interior finishings.

FULL
FULLCUSTOMIZATION
CUSTOMIZATION NO
NOCUSTOMIZATION
CUSTOMIZATION MODERATE
MODERATE CUSTOMIZATION
CUSTOMIZATION

SIZE:
SIZE: 400SF
400SF 960SF
960SF 1500SF
1500SF 2000SF
2000SF SIZE:
SIZE: 350SF
350SF SIZE
SIZE
SIZE:
SIZE:1000
1000 - - 1800SF
1800SF

COST:
COST:$120K
$120K $180K
$180K $290K
$290K $350K
$350K COST:
COST: $125K
$125K COST
COST:
COST
COST:$150K
$150K $200K
$200K $350K
$350K

TIMELINE
TIMELINE 9-12
TIMELINE:
TIMELINE: 9-12MONTHS
MONTHS TIMELINE:
TIMELINE: 4-6
4-6MONTHS
MONTHS TIMELINE
TIMELINE:
TIMELINE
TIMELINE: 99MONTHS
MONTHS

How much will my project cost?

PROJECT BUDGET = MODULAR BUDGET + SITE BUDGET
Estimates above are based on factories’ costs for projects of similar size and include Alchemy’s design fee and transport cost
MODULAR of the prefabricated units (up to 500 miles). Ranges vary for modular work due to location, program requirements, finishes,
insulation package, in-floor hydronic heat, custom exterior siding, wood-wrapped walls, and custom cabinetry.

SIMPLE $50K STANDARD $75K COMPLEX $150K+

SITE COSTS flat lot, simple demo, standard
permits, existing utilities.
sloped lot, simple demolition, city permit,
upgrade utilities, basic landscaping
hillside lot, complicated demo, city permits,
no existing utilities, complex landscape
 DOOR HARDWARE

Sliding Doors :: Entry Door :: Loewen Interior Doors :: weeHouse® Door Pull ::
Stone or White Satin Nickel, 3 Point Lock Black/Stainless Steel Silicone/Leather by Alchemy

CABINETS

Matte White White Oak Walnut Ebonized Oak (Foil)

Cabinets come equipped with high-end soft-close European hardware.

COUNTERTOPS

White Laminate + Oak or 2 cm and 3 cm Quartz or black natural recycled paper composites

Abear Renovation 2014

© 2018 Alchemy LLC
HARDWOOD FLOORING

Whitewashed Oak Driftwood Ebonized Oak

Smoked Oak Aged Saddle Warehouse

White oak engineered flooring harvested from sustainably managed

Wisconsin forests. These bespoke quality woods use a low-sheen VOC-free
oiled finish, durable enough to be used in major museums worldwide.
 EXTERIOR ACCESSORIES

weeHouse® I.D. Plate with LED weeHouse® Exterior Wall Sconce Industrial Cage Light ::
soft-touch doorbell or bike bell Wall Wash or Surface Mounted

INTERIORS RAILINGS

Surface
Recessed Mounted

Dimmable LED lighting = increased Solid Core 2-Panel Wood Door Interior/Exterior Steel Cable Railing
bulb life and reduced energy use White / Birch

OVERHANGS : EAVES : PORCHES

Eaves, overhangs, gutters, window shrouds and sun porches can be Custom Steel Window Shroud
designed to suite your site and to protect your project from sun and rain.
Johnson Creek weeHouse® 2008
© 2018 Alchemy LLC
CORN CRIB SIDING

weeHouse® Corn Crib Siding :: Made from locally sourced, renewable, rough sawn wood. The wood rain screen both shades your house from the sun and allows the
siding to breathe, extending the life of the product. Available in any solid stain.

BARN SIDING

barnHouse Barn Board Siding :: Made from locally sourced, renewable, rough sawn wood. The wood rain screen both shades your house from the sun and allows
the siding to breathe, extending the life of the product.

STEEL SIDING

White Silver Black Custom Brake

Corrugated Steel :: Painted steel comes standard with a 35-year warranty against peeling + fading.
 KITCHEN

Electric

Gas
Cooktop :: Bosch Built-in Wall Oven :: Bosch Vent Hood :: Broan
Electric, Gas, or Induction Stainless Steel In-Cabinet Option Available

Undermount Stainless Steel Sink :: Pull-down Faucet / Soap :: Kohler Articulating Faucet :: Kohler
Single / Double Bowl :: Stainless Steel Stainless Steel

Washer / Dryer :: LG Stacking Wood Fireplace :: custom Ceiling Fan :: Big Ass Fans - Haiku
Graphite Steel or White fireplace options, gas, etc. Black
We will work with you to determine the ideal
layout for your culinary and entertaining needs!
FIXTURES

EPA Water-Sense Approved Dual-flush Floating Vanity with Drawers :: Wall-hung Sink :: Duravit Scola Bath Faucet :: Kohler Toobi
Toilet :: Toto, White Matte White (A nice option for Powder Rooms) Polished Chrome

ACCESSORIES

Towel Bar and Tissue Holder :: Kohler 3/8” Frameless Shower Glass :: weeHouse® ‘Mirror Trio’ Soaking Tub :: Duravit Starck
Polished Chrome White Solid Surface Floor 1 Convex, 2 Flat White

TILE

Floor Tile :: Natural Stone - Daltile :: Porcelain Tile Wall Tile :: 3”x 6” Ceramic Tile Wall Tile :: 3”x6” Carrara Marble
Slate Black Matte White White
 WEEHOUSE
SIZE
SIZE: 450-2200SF SIZE 1000-1200SF
SIZE:
CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZATION

Since
COST:
COST
TIMELINE
TIMELINE:
its inception
COST
COST:
STARTING AT $125K

TIMELINE
TIMELINE:
in 2002, the weeHouse®
STARTING AT $150K

has continued to develop through variations

10-14 MONTHS 8 MONTHS

of sizes, layouts, finishes, locations, and

customization.
Regardless of the numerous iterations, all
weeHouses have in common a well insulated
building envelope, appropriate solar
orientation, care in design and detailing, and
efficiency of space.
For the past 15 years, all versions of the
weeHouse® achieve a ‘big house feel’ in a
smaller, modular package through judicious use
of floor-to-ceiling glass, open kitchens, reduced
circulation space, and built-in cabinetry.
See the following pages for information on
sizing options and a few examples of floor plan
samples. Each weeHouse® is customized but
these floor plans give an idea of what is capable
within our standard modular framework.
Cumberland weeHouse®
© 2017 Alchemy LLC

1x 2x 3x 4x
1200 - 1600 SF 1200 - 2000 SF 1800 - 2400 SF
300 - 850 SF

2x
options

PAIR TALL TWIN CROSS

WEEHOUSE OPTIONS
How much space are you looking for?

1x
300 - 850 SF 9'
8' or r
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14' or 16' o 60
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The maximum dimensions for a module

are determined by transportation restrictions.

2x
1200 - 1600 SF

3x
1200 - 2000 SF

4x
1800 - 2400 SF
WEEHOUSE PLANS
What floorplans are possible?

A B C

1x
300 - 850 SF

D E F

A B C

2x
1200 - 1600 SF
1

D E F

1
WEEHOUSE PLANS
What floorplans are possible?

A B C

3x
1200 - 2000 SF
2 2 2

1
1 1

4x
A B C

1800 - 2400 SF

2 2 2

1 1
1
 LIGHTHOUSE
The lightHouse is a very low energy, luxury accessory dwelling
unit (ADU) that can serve as a small house, cabin, office, guest
room, age-in-place, or rental unit. Many cities are starting to
allow stand alone ADUs between about 300 and 600 SF on
residential lots.

The lightHouse kit features a robust building envelope to be

assembled by a local contractor. With the insulated floor system,
the lightHouse can be placed on perimeter, pier, or elevated
foundations (like a garage), and requires utilities to be brought
to the site (water, electric, waste).

Beta testing now! Completed costs are targeted at $125k, or

roughly $1000/mo for 15 year mortgage at 4.5%.

FLAT-PACKED OR MODULAR depending on your lot access.

12” SIP floor, wall, and ceiling panels
Passive House windows and window shrouds LightHouse Rendering 2017
Roofing, flashing, many Alchemy exterior cladding options © 2018 Alchemy LLC
Full size kitchen, heating/AC units
Flooring, cabinetry, plumbing fixtures
Lighting and appliances

END PORCH 1 BED, 1 BATH 16’ x 28’ SIDE PORCH 1 BED, 1 BATH 16’ x 28’ ABOVE GARAGE 1 BED, 1 BATH 22’ x 24’
 BARNHOUSE
Alchemy’s barnHouses refine a classic agrarian form,
combining farm tech with modern design highlighted by
crafted industrial touches throughout.

barnHouses feature a robust building envelope using 12”

structurally insulated panels to be assembled by a local
contractor. Within the barnHouse’s open interior shell,
a central utility core contains the kitchen, bathroom,
sleeping, and laundry areas.

Beta-testing now! These new plans are based on 10 years

experience with award-winning Alchemy barnHouse
projects. Completed costs are targeted at $150k (small),
$200k (medium), and $350k (large).

ARRIVES FLAT-PACKED WITH:

12” SIP floor, wall, and ceiling panels
Seward barnHouse 2016 Passive House windows and window shrouds
© 2018 Alchemy LLC Roofing, flashing, barnHouse siding
Full size kitchen, heating/AC units
Flooring, cabinetry, plumbing fixtures

SMALL 1 BED, + LOFT, 1 BATH 20’ x 26’ MEDIUM 2 BED, 2 BATH 20’ x 32’ LARGE 3 BED, 2 BATH 26’ x 30’

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