prefabs
Ready-made housing units
Prefabs are prefabricated structures—buildings or components manufactured off-site and assembled at their destination.
The term often refers to houses built this way: The postwar housing shortage led to thousands of prefabs.
In video games, prefabs are reusable pre-made objects or level sections that designers place throughout a game world.
Able to be carried
- relocatableAble to be moved
- demountableAble to be detached
- mobileCapable of movement
- removableCapable of being detached
collapsible · transportable · pop-up · interim · seasonal · reusable · stackable · containerized
Giving good return cheaply
- time-savingReducing required duration
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- factory-builtManufactured at a facility
- mass-producedMade in large quantities
standardized · budget-friendly · turnkey · off-site · flat-pack
Made of separable units
- panelsFlat rectangular sections
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- assemblyConstructing from components
insulation · drywall · roofing · siding · flooring · windows · doors · plumbing
Influential modernist design school
- GropiusModernist architect, Bauhaus creator
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
- LevittownPlanned suburban community, postwar
Simple rural shelters
- ADUsSecondary residential structures
- classroomsEducational instruction spaces
- clinicsOutpatient treatment facilities
- yurtsPortable circular tent homes
portable
Able to be carried
- relocatableAble to be moved
- demountableAble to be detached
- mobileCapable of movement
removable · collapsible · transportable · pop-up · interim · seasonal · reusable · stackable · containerized
cost-effective
Giving good return cheaply
- time-savingReducing required duration
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- factory-builtManufactured at a facility
mass-produced · standardized · budget-friendly · turnkey · off-site · flat-pack
modular
Made of separable units
- panelsFlat rectangular sections
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
assembly · insulation · drywall · roofing · siding · flooring · windows · doors · plumbing · electrical
Bauhaus
Influential modernist design school
- GropiusModernist architect, Bauhaus creator
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
cabins
Simple rural shelters
- ADUsSecondary residential structures
- classroomsEducational instruction spaces
- clinicsOutpatient treatment facilities
yurts · pods · dormitories
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- Postwar BritainAttlee, NHS, National Health Service, rationing, ration books
- UK Housingcouncil houses, Victorian terrace, council flats, council estates, terraced houses
prefabsstately homes
Grand historic residences
heritage buildings · mansions · manor houses · Victorian houses · historic buildings
- prefab homesDwellings built in factories
- prefab houseFactory-built dwelling
- prefabricated housingDwellings constructed elsewhere, assembled on-site
- prefab housingFactory-made residential structures
- prefabricated homesDwellings assembled before installation
- prefab cabinPre-manufactured small dwelling
prefab, prefabricated, prefabrication, prefabricate, prefabbed