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{{short description|Architecture firm in New York City}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{COI|date=July 2019}}
{{Notability|Companies|date=July 2019}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Resolution: 4 Architecture
| type = Private
| industry = Architecture
| founded = 1990
| founder = Joseph Tanney, Robert Luntz
| hq_location = New York, New York
| website = www.re4a.com
}}

'''Resolution: 4 Architecture''' (RES4) is a ten-person architecture firm based in New York City, founded by architects [[Joseph Tanney]] and Robert Luntz in 1990.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Prefabrication, the Speculative Builder's Tool, Has Been Discovered by Modernist Designers|last=Hart|first=Sara|date=Dec 2003|work=Architectural Record}}</ref> The firm is most recognized for their work on [[Prefabricated home|prefabricated housing]] and [[mass customization]] of the single-family house.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dwell.com/article/7-efficient-prefabs-that-prove-the-power-of-modular-design-43530dc1|title=7 Efficient Prefabs That Prove the Power of Modular Design|last=Morollo|first=Michele Koh|website=Dwell|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref>

In 2003, RES4 won the [[Dwell (magazine)|Dwell Home Design Invitational]], an international competition for prefab housing design. RES4 has design over 120 prefab homes all over the United States using modular and panelized construction methods.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.homebuilderdigest.com/the-best-prefab-modular-home-builders-in-the-united-states/|title=The Best Prefab/Modular Home Builders in the United States|date=2018-09-07|website=Custom Home Builder Digest|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref>

In 2013, [[Princeton University Press]] published a collection of RES4's works, titled "Modern Modular: The Prefab Houses of Resolution: 4 Architecture.<ref name=":2" />

In 2018, Resolution: 4 Architecture's prefabricated homes were featured in an exhibit curated by Barry Bergdoll on Long Island titled, "A New Way of Modern Architecture on the North Fork."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archpaper.com/2018/08/north-fork-architecture-barry-bergdoll/|title=North Fork architecture to be displayed in exhibit curated by Barry Bergdoll|date=2018-08-16|website=Archpaper.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref>

== Modern Modular ==
RES4 began researching [[Prefabrication|prefabricated construction]] when business declined in New York City after [[September 11 attacks|September 11th]], with the goal of making modern homes more accessible to middle-class Americans.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=Ordering Out for More Space|last=Bernstein|first=Fred|date=Nov 19, 2008|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

In 2003, Resolution: 4 Architecture was invited to participate in the Dwell Home Design Invitational, an international design competition organized by [[Dwell (magazine)|Dwell magazine]] focused on innovative prefabricated housing.<ref name=":0" /> RES4 won the competition with their systematic design method, called Modern Modular, which used existing prefabrication processes with the intention to create custom modular homes at an affordable cost.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Arieff|first=Allison|date=July–August 2003|title=The Dwell Home|journal=Dwell|pages=73–76}}</ref> RES4's concept sought to work within the existing constraints of factory construction with standard products and details, rather create a new fabrication process.<ref name=":0" />

RES4's concept is that modules of can be composed in any number of ways for infinite home designs, each specific to a particular client and a particular site. RES4's design for the Dwell Home was an example of the Modern Modular, designed specifically for the homeowners and the site in Pittsboro, North Carolina.<ref name=":4" />

In 2008, RES4 designed their first Modern Modular prefab home in an urban setting with the home named Bronx Box, located on a long, narrow lot in the [[Locust Point, Bronx|Locust Point]] neighborhood of the Bronx. The 1800SF house was composed of two stacked 54-foot-long modules, built by Simplex Homes in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton, PA]].<ref name=":3" />

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.re4a.com/ Resolution: 4 Architecture official website].

[[Category:Architecture firms based in New York City]]

Resolution: 4 Architecture - Revision history

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