The Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History 0786476001, 9780786476008

Table of 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

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