pre[FABRICA]tions

  Inspired by principles ingrained in a mass production business model fostered by Henry Ford in the early 20th century, motorized vehicle p...

  Catalogued designs, uniform platforms, replicable buildings, preapproved prefab micro dwellings - governments are scrambling to test many ...

  Prefabrication, industrialized building systems and offsite construction are valued for their potential to reduce costs, condense timeline...

From forest to sawmill, to artisans and finally to the construction site, timber buildings evoke a modesty linked to generations of builders...

  Building construction dictates logistic challenges: closing streets off to traffic, delivering materials and oversized machinery to sites,...

  Reducing negative environmental impacts and conceiving energy-positive construction systems has never been as important considering the dr...

  Selected materials and construction strategies embody the era they are invented in. Pozzolanic ash concrete provided Roman builders with a...

Manufactured dwellings are idealized for efficiently supplying homes delivered from a factory to any site. Mobile homes built on standard-si...

  Industrialization has certainly sped up production of every commodity and reduced their cost per unit. In an era of urgency, housing promo...

  The current affordable housing crisis is driving policies for change in the construction industry and its supply chain sectors. Necessary ...