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The dream of the factory-made house :

(Number (ISBN

0262081407

(Number (ISBN

9780262081405

Title Proper

The dream of the factory-made house :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Walter Gropius and Konrad Wachsmann /

First Statement of Responsibility

Gilbert Herbert.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

MIT Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1984.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 407 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-395) and index.

Text of Note

This is the story of what came to be known as the "packaged house," one of the few architect-inspired attempts to manufacture and market a prefabricated home. The plan began in the 1940s as a major collaborative effort between Walter Gropius, then at the height of his fame, and Konrad Wachsmann, a rising star -both in exile from their native Germany. For both men, this was the culmination of many years of experience in the field of industrialized housing and an unparalleled opportunity to make their long-cherished dream of a factory-made house a reality. How did this venture, which seemed to have everything going for it, turn out to be such a dismal failure? The answers to that question make this one of the most fascinating studies in the annals of modern architecture. -- from book jacket.

Title

Dream of the factory-made house.

Gropius, Walter,1883-1969.

Wachsmann, Konrad.

Gropius, Walter,1883-1969.

Gropius, Walter.

Wachsmann, Konrad,1901-1980.

Wachsmann, Konrad.

Modular coordination (Architecture)

Prefabricated houses-- United States.

Coordination modulaire (Architecture)

Maisons préfabriquées-- États-Unis.

Fertigbau.

Fertigbau.

Industrialisiertes Bauen.

Industrialisiertes Bauen.

Modular coordination (Architecture)

Prefabricated houses.

United States.

7

Number

690.002.2

Number

72(43)

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Edition

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Herbert, Gilbert.

Date of Transaction

20200822104834.0

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