Five moments in the history of industrialized building

• Published in: Construction management and economics Vol. 32; no. 1-2; pp. 7 - 15
• Main Authors: Ågren, Robert, Wing, Robert D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 01.01.2014; E. & F.N. Spon
• Subjects: American history; Automotive components; Building construction; Construction; Construction costs; Construction industry; Design for manufacture; Houses; industrialization; Mass production; Modularization; Open systems; Prefabricated buildings; Prefabrication; Studies; sub-assembly; United States > US

Industrialized building has drawn in ideas from many pioneering researchers during its decades of development; in this brief recapitulation we present some observations on selected moments in the history that have significantly shaped the approach to building construction. The first formative moveme...