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Title: Prefab by Bryan Burkhart, Allison Arieff ISBN: 1586851322 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: 13 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2
Rating: 4
Summary: Prefab
Comment: Prebrication was the holy grail of modernism: the ideal way to rationalize the building process, achieve economies of scale, and bring good design to the masses. Sadly, the only manufactured housing to win wide acceptance was the trailer; architect-designed prototypes seldom left the boards. Arieff, who is senior editor of Dwell magazine, hopes that a new generation of architects may succeed where their forebears failed. She documents over 30 industrialized building projects, mostly from Europe, that combine practicality with design excellence. Sadly, it remains true that people who will happily buy one of a fleet of identical cars, become emotional and irrational when choosing their home. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Prefab: pretty fabulous
Comment: It looks like a coffee table book yet reads like a dream. This is not only one of the most comprehensive books on the subject, but easily the most lucid and engaging. The authors clearly had fun with the material and manage to convey a good deal of knowledge - including the history and future of prefabricated housing - without a whiff of pedantry or pedagogical claptrap.
Rating: 5
Summary: finally, a comprehensive book on prefab
Comment: As an architecture student now a working as a builder, I couldnt help but being drawn into this book. Organized into 4 sections: History, Production, Custom, Concept, with a wide array of photographs, plans and renderings cleanly presented. The history section does a great job of bringing any curious reader interested in this subject up to speed, creating a great departure point for the 30 or so contemporary projects that follow it. This book is well researched and really gets you excited about the potential of prefab by presenting a wide range of projects in the U.S. and Internationally, exploring a wide range of techniques / systems being developed today. The future of housing looks bright with prefab!
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Title: Prefab by Alejandro Bahamon ISBN: 0060513586 Publisher: HBI Pub. Date: 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture by Jennifer Siegal, Andrei Cordescu, Robert Kronenburg ISBN: 1568983344 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, Timothy Hursley ISBN: 1568982925 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: LOT/EK: Urban Scan by Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano, Philip Nobel ISBN: 156898300X Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Rick Joy: Desert Works by Rick Joy, Juhani Pallasmaa, Steven Holl ISBN: 1568983360 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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