| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; The Prefabricated Home; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Histories; 1. An architectural history; 2. A non-architectural history; 3. House of the century: the mobile home; Part II: Theories; 4. The question of authorship; 5. Professionalism and pattern books; 6. Down with the system; Part III: Practices; 7. Ideal homes; 8. Little boxes; 9. The robot and the carpenter; Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index |
| Summary |
"Most popular housing is to some extent prefabricated and has been for more than a hundred years. This is one of the reasons why it does not really count as architecture." "Architects are good at designing prototypes for prefabricated houses, but bad at following through with volume production. If they want to succeed in this field, and make a real difference to most people's most intimate experience of buildings, then they must be prepared to learn from areas of the building industry that they have traditionally shunned, from pattern-book houses to modular hotels, from Portakabins to park homes. This book will be of interest to architects, architecture students and anyone connected with the building industry, but its jargon-free discussion of historical, theoretical and practical questions is designed to appeal to anyone who has ever lived in an ordinary house."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-213) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Buildings, Prefabricated.
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Architecture, Domestic.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
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prefabrication.
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dwellings.
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HOUSE & HOME -- Design & Construction.
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Architecture, Domestic
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Architecture, Modern
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Buildings, Prefabricated
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1861896166 |
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9781861896162 |
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1861892438 |
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9781861892430 |
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