The Prefabricated Home

by Colin Davies

From sash windows and ceramic tiles to barracks and warehouses, industrialized building has thrived since the nineteenth century in Europe and America. Yet architects have neglected this area of practical construction in favor of historical, theoretical, and artistic analyses, resulting in the emergence of an influential building industry with architects on the far margins. Colin Davies explores in The Prefabricated Home how the relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861892438
• ISBN13: 9781861892430
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Research and Style make for excellent reading

As an architect interested in the idea of prefabrication I approached this book with the hope of learning as well as being instructed and entertained. The author succeeded on all counts. This book is extremely readable without losing any weight in content. I recommend it to anyone looking for both a historical and a social history of prefabricated building techniques. My only criticism is that the book skimmed over the huge prefab industry in Asia and Japan in particular to focus on Europe and North America. A small gripe concerning an excellent and rewarding read.