Prefabrication: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	shop fabrication

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construction construction tunnels and underground excavations Harbors and sea works bridge canals and inland waterways road dam lighthouse ship construction earthquake-resistant construction

Key People

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Konrad Wachsmann

German-born American architect

Prouvé, Jean: prefabricated gas station

Jean Prouvé

French engineer

Jones, Owen: The Grammar of Ornament

Owen Jones

British architect, designer, and artist

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James Bogardus

American inventor