Prefabs: A History of the UK Temporary Housing Programme

by Brenda Vale

Book Overview

Originally published in 1995, this book unravels the history of the 'temporary bungalow' and shows that perhaps it was more a question of providing a new peace-time product for factories than a means of providing accommodation for the homeless. Built in a period of housing history which remains fascinating for architects and planners and admired by some of their first occupants but berated by others, those prefabs remaining today are subject to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032226145
• ISBN13: 9781032226149
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages