The prefab bathroom : an architectural history / Deborah Schneiderman and Bishakh Som.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneiderman, Deborah, 1968- author.

Som, Bishakh, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prefabricated bathrooms--History--Comic books, strips, etc.

Prefabricated bathrooms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This graphic novel-style 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 development of 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.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 01. A Brief History of the Bathroom; 02. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Prefab Prototype; 03. The Influence of Modernism on Prefab Architecture; 04. Plastic and Polyester; 05. Prefab Inside Out; 06. Prefab Bathroom Now; Conclusion; Prefab Architects of Note; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1655-8