02739nam 2200589Ia 450 99633668510331620240314020813.01-86189-616-6(CKB)2550000001106887(EBL)1322672(OCoLC)854584441(SSID)ssj0001101311(PQKBManifestationID)11985903(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101311(PQKBWorkID)11068309(PQKB)10714367(MiAaPQ)EBC1322672(Au-PeEL)EBL1322672(CaPaEBR)ebr10739749(CaONFJC)MIL507257(EXLCZ)99255000000110688720040823d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe prefabricated home[electronic resource] /Colin Davies1st ed.London, UK Reaktion Books20051 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86189-243-8 1-299-76006-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-213) and index.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; IndexFrom 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 between architecture and industrialized building has now become an urgent issue for architects. The Prefabricated Home outlines the methods and motives ofBuildings, PrefabricatedArchitecture, DomesticArchitecture, Modern20th centuryBuildings, Prefabricated.Architecture, Domestic.Architecture, Modern693.97Davies Colin1929-10593MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996336685103316The prefabricated home2231024UNISA