AIROH prefabricated house: one of the four sections of the house being erected for an Aluminium Exhibition, behind Selfridge's, London
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Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1945 |
Image Date | 1945 |
View | Exterior |
Medium | Photomechanical print |
Library Reference | Periodicals |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Prefabrication ; Houses |
SOURCE: Architects' Journal, vol. 101, 1945 Apr. 19, p. 452 NOTES: The Aircraft Industries Research Organization on Housing (AIROH) developed a prefabricated house using aluminium alloy for the structural framework and external cladding. It was intended to convert wartime aircraft factories into factories manufacturing these houses.
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