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• n  a prefabricated structure
• s  manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere

• Architect Kalkin's prefab house combines shipping containers and cinder blocks.
• Say the words prefab housing, and most people think of snap-together bungalows and log-cabin kits.
• The A List Here's what stylish globe trotters can't live without: Absolutely Prefabulous New generation of architects is making prefab fun.

News & Articles

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• Prefab houses that are glued, not nailed, together
  With prefabricated houses, the dream of having one’s own home can quickly become a reality. Until now, nails have been used to hold the individual components together. Now an adhesive tape has been developed to perform this task.
  June 13, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Allison Arieff in FoxReno.com
  Cost is a big factor in why prefab is timely,says Allison Arieff, Dwell's editor-in-chief and author of the book Prefab. "In my own experience hunting for a house in the San Francisco Bay area, I've been shown shacks for $650 per square...
• Shaukat Aziz in Seattle Times
  We need tents, tents, tents and prefab housing,Aziz told reporters.
• Ruairi Quinn in IrishExaminer.com
  Presuming there is one class in each prefab and that there are 30 pupils in each class, that means that there are at the very least 41,000 pupils in prefabs,said Mr Quinn. "However, that doesn't take into account that some prefabs...