The Prefab Bathroom
Author | : Deborah Schneiderman |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2014-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780786476008 |
ISBN-13 | : 0786476001 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Prefab Bathroom written by Deborah Schneiderman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This congenial graphic architectural history examines the significance of the prefab bathroom in the history of prefabricated technologies in the built environment. The cultural aspects of ritual and sanitary necessities of hygiene have added to complexities in bathroom design, and driven the development of various alternative construction methods, specifically prefabrication. First introduced with Buckminister Fuller's 1936 Dymaxion Bathroom, and subsequently revisited by many architects and designers, the prefab model has expanded to "pod" and "plug-in" concepts on the building- and city-scale.