Chapter 5.1
Prefabrication Companies/Projects Aphabetically A-F
Acorn House 4
and 5
"Aluminum
Corporation of America Experimental Aluminum House"
"Motohome" at
Garden City, L.I. developed by American Houses, Inc., New York.
The portable home arrived with a refrigerator full of
groceries
.Ohio. Aerial
view of prefab housing development with multi-family units. The
houses were designed and manufactured by American Houses, Inc. of
New York City.
Columbian Homes-
Columbia Steel Tank Co. Kansas City, Missouri
Factory-Built
House of Concrete Delivered for $1500
Early process
precast mosaic concrete panels
Cotton
Houses-Portable House near Milwaukee-designed by Stanley W.
Nicholson
Dymaxion house,
designed by R. Buckminster Fuller and manufactured by Butler
brothers of Kansas City, Mo. This firm also builds metal grain
bins, the construction of which bears some relation to the house
design, May 1941. Exterior showing entry door
Dymaxion House,
Interior
Dymaxion House,
Interior showing sitting area
Ferro-Enamel
House-Charles Bacon Rowley and Associates Architects
- Standardized
unit construction 1907, Forest Hills Gardens, Long
Island-Grosvenor Atterbury Demonstration group 48 (Image not available)
Frameless-Steel
Construction System- Developed by Insulated Steel Construction
Company- Cleveland, Ohio
General Houses
Inc.-Howard T. Fisher Architect
Concrete Balloon
House at Falls Church, Virginia Architect, Wallace Neff
Federal
Experiment Section Plywood Houses developed by the TVA
Federal
Experiment TVA Sectional Houses: Exterior
Federal
Experiment TVA Sectional Houses: Interior
Federal
Experiment Quonset huts for temporary housing, San Francisco
Junior College.
Acorn House 4
and 5
"Aluminum
Corporation of America Experimental Aluminum House"
"Motohome" at
Garden City, L.I. developed by American Houses, Inc., New York.
The portable home arrived with a refrigerator full of
groceries
.Ohio. Aerial
view of prefab housing development with multi-family units. The
houses were designed and manufactured by American Houses, Inc. of
New York City.
Columbian Homes-
Columbia Steel Tank Co. Kansas City, Missouri
Factory-Built
House of Concrete Delivered for $1500
Early process
precast mosaic concrete panels
Cotton
Houses-Portable House near Milwaukee-designed by Stanley W.
Nicholson
Dymaxion house,
designed by R. Buckminster Fuller and manufactured by Butler
brothers of Kansas City, Mo. This firm also builds metal grain
bins, the construction of which bears some relation to the house
design, May 1941. Exterior showing entry door
Dymaxion House,
Interior
Dymaxion House,
Interior showing sitting area
Ferro-Enamel
House-Charles Bacon Rowley and Associates Architects
Frameless-Steel
Construction System- Developed by Insulated Steel Construction
Company- Cleveland, Ohio
General Houses
Inc.-Howard T. Fisher Architect
Concrete Balloon
House at Falls Church, Virginia Architect, Wallace Neff
Federal
Experiment Section Plywood Houses developed by the TVA
Federal
Experiment TVA Sectional Houses: Exterior
Federal
Experiment TVA Sectional Houses: Interior
Federal
Experiment Quonset huts for temporary housing, San Francisco
Junior College.