written by:
Michael Sylvester
illustrated by:
Tim Tomkinson
April 16, 2009
Originally published in The Prefab Issue

Everything you wanted to know about prefab but were afraid to ask! We've tapped the brain behind popular web resource FabPreFab to explain the birds and bees of manufactured housing.

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An Introduction to Prefab

The basic principle of prefab, whereby a home is fabricated in one location and then delivered to another, has been around for at least a few hundred years.

Pretty Fabulous

In order to fairly evaluate the pros and cons of today’s prefab design, we broke it down according to various criteria. Here are just a few examples of the benefits prefab has to offer.
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Taking Care of Business

A look back through the history of prefab reveals a few failures that proved to be great opportunities for learning and improvement.
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The Big Easy

Most prefab manufacturing facilities house loads of heavy machinery, but not every design must be constructed on the factory line.
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Joel Turkel on the Future of Prefab

The future of prefab is an increasingly nonarchitectural problem.

Leo Marmol on the Future of Prefab

More and more people are coming 
to us informed about the complete benefits of prefab construction.

Peter DeMaria on the Future of Prefab

Some people assume that yet-to-be-invented high-tech materials and systems will be the saviors of 
our construction industry.

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