Prefabs: A Social and Architectural History

As slums were cleared after the Blitz, there was a pressing need for housing. Successive governments championed prefabrication as a speedy solution. The authors look at the success of post-war prefab housing in the wider context of British social housing. The book also looks at architectural innovation and imaginative design in the field of prefabrication and clever solutions being put forward to solve the housing crisis of today.

Author: Elisabeth Blanchet, Sonia Zhuravlyova
Publisher: Historic England in Association with Liverpoo
Published: 09/30/2018
Pages: 124
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.70w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781848023512
ISBN10: 1848023510
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Buildings | Public, Commercial & Industrial
- History | General
- Architecture | History | Contemporary (1945 -)

About the Author

Elisabeth Blanchet is a writer and photographer, based in Brixton, London.

Sonia Zhuravlyova is a journalist and historian, based in London, Greater London. She has written about postwar prefabs for the Guardian and various architecture magazines.