Prefab prototypes : site-specific design for offsite construction / Mark Anderson and Peter Anderson.

Main entry:

Anderson, Mark (Mark S. T.)

Title & Author:

Prefab prototypes : site-specific design for offsite construction / Mark Anderson and Peter Anderson.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2006.

Description:

pages cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : designing construction -- Ch. 1. Panelized 2x4 -- Ch. 2. CNC timber framing -- Ch. 3. Concrete systems -- Ch. 4. Steel framing -- Ch. 5. Sandwich panels -- Ch. 6. Modular systems -- Ch. 7. Further experiments -- Afterword : reuse, recycle, prefabricate.

Summary:

"With Prefab Prototypes, the authors provide a thorough overview of the driving forces behind prefabrication, high-lighting ways in which applied logic and design efficiency result in lower costs, quicker construction time, higher-quality buildings, and environmentally smarter use of resources. The Andersons outline six different construction approaches common to current prefabrication practice - panelized 2x4, CNC timber framing, precast and panelized concrete systems, steel framing, sandwich panels, and modular systems - exploring potentials and appropriate applications for each, illustrated with real-world applications drawn from their projects in the U.S. and Japan. Using residential, commercial, and public examples, the case studies demonstrate that flexible prefabrication technologies, paired with imagination and a sensitivity to local conditions, are as applicable on the side of a cliff, on a remote island, or in the middle of an apple orchard as they are in the heart of downtown or in a dense suburban neighborhood."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

1568985606 (alk. paper)
9781568985602 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Prefabricated houses Design and construction.

Added entries:

Anderson, Peter (Peter C. O.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250246
Call No.: BIB 179773
Status: Available

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