Table of Contents

Foreword: James Timberlake, FAIA vii

Introduction xi

Acknowledgments xv

PART I: CONTEXT 1

Chapter 1 History of Industrialized Building 3

Chapter 2 History of Industrialized Architecture 21

Chapter 3 Environment, Organization, and Technology 47

PART II: APPLICATION 75

Chapter 4 Principles 77

Chapter 5 Fundamentals 99

Chapter 6 Elements 127

Chapter 7 Assembly 181

Chapter 8 Sustainability 217

PART III: CASE STUDIES 249

Chapter 9 Housing 251

Chapter 10 Commercial 295

PART IV: CONCLUSION 333

Chapter 11 Conclusion 335

Endnotes 341

Illustration Credits 353

Index 357

About the Author

RYAN E. SMITH is Director of the Integrated Technology in Architecture Center (I TAC), an interdisciplinary research consortium at the University of Utah College of Architecture + Planning in Salt Lake City, Utah (www.itac.utah.edu). Smith's research and teaching focuses on promoting integration that leads to sustainable and lean design and construction practice.