PREFAB PROTOTYPESSite-Specific Design for Offsite Construction

Mark Anderson, Peter Anderson

Prefabricated construction is a hot topic in architecture these days. Prospective homebuilders around the world are gravitating to prefab as an environmentally responsible and cost-effective way to achieve an affordable, well-designed house. Prefab Prototypes breaks prefab down into six systems, from most flexible to most complicated—panelized wood framing, timber framing, concrete systems, steel framing, sandwich paneling, and modular systems. Each chapter delves into the benefits and drawbacks of its respective method, and features detailed plans, sections, and photographs of projects that use each of these systems.

2007 / 264 pp / 100 color / 200 b+w / 978-1-56898-560-2 / hc / $60.00