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The fabprefab discussion boards. |
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Books
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Prefab specific 2. Arts and Architecture Case Study Series 3. "Classic" American modernist architects 4. Modernism and miscellaneous |
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The Prefabricated
Home By Colin Davies Publisher: Reaktion Books (June 15, 2005) ISBN: 1861892438 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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PREFAB
by Bryan Burkhart, Allison Arieff Publisher: Gibbs Smith (Sept 2002) ISBN: 1586851322 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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PrefabModern
by Jill Herbers Publisher: Harper Design International (May 2004) ISBN: 006058923X |
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it at amazon.com |
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Prefab
Prototypes: Site-Specific Design for Offsite Construction by Mark Anderson Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press (May 2006) ISBN: 1568985606 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Refabricating Architecture |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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PreFab
by Alejandro Bahamon Publisher HBI (Feb 2003) ISBN: 0060513586 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Lustron
Homes: The History of a Postwar Prefabricated Housing
Experiment |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
Arts and Architecture Case Study series
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Case
Study Houses |
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Blueprints
for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses by Elizabeth A. T. Smith (Editor) Publisher: The MIT Press (April, 1999) ISBN: 0262692139 |
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Case
Study Houses: 1945-1962 by Esther McCoy Publisher: Hennessey & Ingalls ISBN: 0912158719 |
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Arts
& Architecture: The Entenza Years by John Entenza (Editor), Barbara Goldstein (Editor), Esther McCoy (Editor) Publisher: Hennessey & Ingalls (January 1998) ISBN: 0940512084 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
"Classic" American modernist architects
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Eichler:
Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream |
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California
Modern: The Architecture of Craig Ellwood by Neil Jackson Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press (November, 2001) ISBN: 1568983034 |
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Raphael
Soriano |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Quincy Jones by Cory Buckner Publisher: Phaidon Press (June 2002) ISBN: 0714840742 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Ralph
Rapson: Sixty Years of Modern Design by Rip Rapson, Jane King Hession, Bruce N. Wright Publisher: Afton Historical Society Press; Collector edition (April 1, 1999) ISBN: 1890434140 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Pierre
Koenig by James Steele Publisher: Phaidon Press (March, 2002) ISBN: 0714840963 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Richard
Neutra - Complete Works |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Neutra by Barbara Lamprecht Publisher: Taschen (March 2004) ISBN: 3822827738 |
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it at amazon.com |
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Steel Houses: Barton Myers Publisher: Images Pub (June 2005) ISBN: 1876907894 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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21st Century House by Jonathan Bell Publisher: Abbeville Press (April 2006) ISBN: 0789208857 |
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it at amazon.com |
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Compact Houses: Architecture
for the Environment by Cristina Del Valle Publisher: Universe (September 2005) ISBN: 0789313499 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Compact Houses by Carles Broto Publisher: Links International (June 2005) ISBN: 849626310X |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Modern American Houses:
50 Years of Design in Architectural Record by Clifford A. Pearson (Editor) Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.(October 2005) ISBN: 0810959348 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Modernism Reborn
by Michael Webb, Roger Straus III Publisher: Universe Publishing (NY) (August 2001) ISBN: 0789305356 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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25
Houses Under 1500 Square Feet by James Grayson Trulove Publisher: Harper Design (November 2004) ISBN: 0060745061 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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25
Houses Under 2,500 Square Feet |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Affordable
Home Design : Innovations and Renovations by Martha Torres Publisher: Harper Design (April 2005) ISBN: 0060589086 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Brave
New Houses : Adventures in Southern California Living |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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The
New Modern House by Will Jones Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press (April 2005) Language: English ISBN: 156898524X |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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The Modern Steel
House by Neil Jackson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (July 1996) ISBN: 0471288063 |
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it amazon.com a new window will open |
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Minimalist
Houses |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Small Houses :
Contemporary Residential Architecture by Nicolas Pople Publisher: Universe (September 2003) ISBN: 0789309742 |
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it amazon.com a new window will open |
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Trailer Travel:
A Visual History of Mobile America by Phil Noyes, Bryan Burkhart, Allison Arieff Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers (July 2002) ISBN: 1586851578 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Mobile: The
Art of Portable Architecture |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Mini House by Alejandro Bahamon Publisher: Harper Design Intl (Feb 2003) ISBN: 0060513594 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Xs: Big Ideas,
Small Buildings |
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The Not So Big
House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Seattle
Case Study Homes Publishing collective: Blake Williams, Joel Severud, Cory Harris, Kai-Uwe Bergmann et al. Fall 2002 |
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Architecture
and Hygiene |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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The
Butler Variations |
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LOT/EK: Urban
Scan |
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it at |
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LOT/EK:
Mobile Dwelling Unit |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
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Anderson Anderson,
Architecture and Construction by Mark Anderson, Peter Anderson, Donlyn Lyndon (Introduction) Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press (Jan 2001) ISBN: 1568982437 |
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it at amazon.com a new window will open |
Links:
Dwell
Home Design Invitational
Full credit must go to everyone involved in this project which, having
pushed prefab into the mainstream media spotlight, is responsible
for reawakening interest in prefab as a model for design and construction.
While the direct outcome is a completed house for the clients, "the
ultimate goal of the Dwell Home Design Invitational... is to put a
well-designed, affordable modern house into production by 2004."
Which design(s) will make it to the fablist?
www.royalhomestoronto.com
- News, views and interesting articles about Royal Homes, modular
or prefabricated housing, and residential design.
Compiled by Lloyd Alter
Other
architecture links
Galinsky
- a web site on modern buildings
Gabion
- Gabion is an illustrated archive of critical writing on architecture,
design and related topics by Hugh Pearman.
Key
Centre for Architectural Sociology
Dr. Garry Stevens conducts research into architects and society,
architectural history, education, and architecture schools.
His colorful essays such as Why Architects Don't Like People
("People, it seems, get in the way of architects and architecture")
question assumptions about the role of architects in society.
M:OME Modern Sustainable Living - The mission is to bring environmentally friendly modernist housing to a wider market.
Other links
Design Within Reach - modern furniture, lighting and accessories
European Furniture Importers - - modern furniture, lighting and accessories
2003,2004.