Main entry:

Kronenburg, Robert.

Title & Author:

Houses in motion : the genesis, history, and development of the portable building / Robert Kronenburg.

Publication:

London : Academy Editions ; New York, NY : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Description:

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-142) and index.
Ch. I. Prehistoric and Traditional Portable Buildings -- Ch. II. Non-Architectural Precedents -- Ch. III. The Age of Invention: Technological Change Before 1900 -- Ch. IV. Twentieth Century Innovators -- Ch. V. Military Engineering -- Ch. VI. The Construction Industries -- Ch. VII. Contemporary Design -- Ch. VIII. Shelter After Disaster -- Ch. IX. Prototypes and Predictions -- Ch. X. The Image and Identity of Portable Architecture.
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Summary:

Explores the design of portable, transportable, demountable and temporary buildings. Using examples, such as Buckminster Fuller's Whichita House and Nicholas Grimshaw's British Pavilion for Expo '92, the author looks at the development of these buildings from prehistoric times to the present day.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1854903950 (paperback)
9781854903952 (paperback)

Subject:

Buildings, Portable.
Architecture Technological innovations.
Constructions transportables.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture Innovations.
portable buildings.
Fliegende Bauten
Geschichte
Mobile Architektur
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Buildings, Portable History.
Buildings, Prefabricated History.
Mobile hospitals

Holdings:

Location: Library main 117814
Call No.: ID NA8480 K7; ID:95-B1457
Status: Available