Main entry:

Herbert, Gilbert.

Title & Author:

The dream of the factory-made house : Walter Gropius and Konrad Wachsmann / Gilbert Herbert.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1984.

Description:

xiii, 407 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-395) and index.
Also available online.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP15.00 0.
Dust jacket.
Library c. 2: Notations by Cedric Price; inscription by Bob Ward dated Sept. '87.
In Related Ephemera (from c. 2): 1 clipping.

Exhibitions:

Library c. 1: exhibited: "La vie des documents - La photographie en tant que projet = The Lives of Documents - Photography as project", Centre canadien d'architecture, May 3, 2023-April 7, 2024

Summary:

"This is the story of what came to be known as the "packaged house," one of the few architect-inspired attempts to manufacture and market a prefabricated home. The plan began in the 1940s as a major collaborative effort between Walter Gropius, then at the height of his fame, and Konrad Wachsmann, a rising star -both in exile from their native Germany. For both men, this was the culmination of many years of experience in the field of industrialized housing and an unparalleled opportunity to make their long-cherished dream of a factory-made house a reality. How did this venture, which seemed to have everything going for it, turn out to be such a dismal failure? The answers to that question make this one of the most fascinating studies in the annals of modern architecture"--From book jacket.

ISBN:

0262081407
9780262081405

Subject:

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
Wachsmann, Konrad, 1901-1980.
Gropius, Walter 1883-1969
Wachsmann, Konrad 1901-1980
Gropius, Walter.
Wachsmann, Konrad.
Prefabricated houses United States.
Modular coordination (Architecture)
Coordination modulaire (Architecture)
Maisons préfabriquées États-Unis.
modular coordination.
Prefabricated houses.
Fertigbau
Industrialisiertes Bauen
Buildings, Prefabricated.
Architecture, Domestic.
United States.
Prefabricated houses Projects, 1920-1960

Added entries:

Cedric Price Library
Cedric Price fonds

Holdings:

Location: Library main price 266837
Call No.: BIB 68138
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 79228
Call No.: ID:84-B98
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main price related ephemera 266838
Call No.: BIB 68138
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available