JEAN PROUVÉ: PREFABRICATION: STRUCTURES AND ELEMENTS, edited by Benedikt Huber and Jean-Claude Steinegger

Praeger, 1971, First American edition, 212 pp., 10" X 10 1/2", Hardcover

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A relentless survey of Prouve's legendary prefabricated structures.

Chapters on 'Building Structures,' 'Methods of Moulding.' and 'Framework of Life;' with individual sections discussing types of jointed frames (shell, shed, propped, vaulted, centre core, stool, plastic 'types') as well as 'the houses of Abbé Pierre,' 'collective dwellings,' the Meudon houses,' 'tropical houses,' 'school buildings,' 'furniture' and 'public buildings.'

Text in French, German, and English.