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The national economic crisis may be causing turmoil in the prefab industry, but our blog looks at new designs still emerging across Southern California. The Hollywood Hybrid house, the latest project of Marmol Radziner Prefab, is scheduled to be installed June 30. We have more pictures of L.A.-based KAA Design Group’s HOM prefab, as well as an early glimpse of Blue Sky Homes’ just-finished prototype in Yucca Valley. The design, by Palm Springs-based o2 Architecture, consists of a kit of parts assembled on-site. Architect Lance O’Donnell says the bones of the house were up in four days, and construction wrapped up in eight weeks. For details on all three projects, go to latimes.com/home.