The prefab bathroom : an architectural history / Deborah Schneiderman and Bishakh Som
- Author
- Schneiderman, Deborah, 1968-
- Published
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Physical Description
- vii, 126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Som, Bishakh, 1968-
- Contents
- A brief history of the bathroom -- Dymaxion prefab prototype -- Modernism and the prefab bathroom -- The 1960s-1970s -- Beyond interior -- Prefab bathroom now.
- Summary
- "This graphic novel examines the significance of the prefab bathroom in the history of prefabricated technologies in the built environment. The cultural aspects of ritual and sanitary necessities of hygiene have added to complexities in bathroom design, and driven development of alternative construction methods, specifically prefabrication"--
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780786476008 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786476001 (softcover ; alk. paper)
1476616558
9781476616551 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 121) and index.
- Endowment Note
- Class of 1968 Libraries Program Endowment
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