Instant Suburb of Prefabs Hits New York

By Andrew Blum

"Maybe the general public won't go to an architecture show, but they'll always go to a show about other people's houses"

-- Barry Bergdol, curator

...Prefab is "modernism's oldest dream," curator Barry Bergdoll says. Since the industrial revolution, architects have been in thrall of the idea that houses could be built in factories, like any kind of widget. But reality hasn't been extremely cooperative. Whether because of conservative public tastes, unachievable economies of scale, or designers' less-than-stellar business acumen, their utopian visions have mostly remained fantasies...>>>Read More