--- product_id: 102098073 title: "Prefab Prototypes: Site-specific Design for Offsite Construction" price: "1144.33 DT" currency: TND in_stock: false reviews_count: 6 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/102098073-prefab-prototypes-site-specific-design-for-offsite-construction store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Prefab Prototypes: Site-specific Design for Offsite Construction **Price:** 1144.33 DT **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Prefab Prototypes: Site-specific Design for Offsite Construction - **How much does it cost?** 1144.33 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/102098073-prefab-prototypes-site-specific-design-for-offsite-construction) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Prefabricated construction is a hot topic in architecture these days, and for good reason. Prospective homebuilders around the world are gravitating to prefab as an environ-mentally responsible and cost-effective way to achieve that holiest of grails: an affordable, well-designed house. If you're hoping to jump onto this bandwagon or are just interested in what prefab building really entails, Prefab Prototypes is required reading. While other prefab books on the market show what can be done, dangling pretty pictures of affordable homes before your starry eyes, Prefab Prototypes takes you to the next stepit shows you how. Architects Mark Anderson and Peter Anderson have been working with prefab buildings for more than fifteen years. With Prefab Prototypes , they break prefab down into six systems, from most flexible to most complicatedpanelized wood framing, sandwich paneling, steel framing, timber framing, concrete systems, and modular systems. Each chapter delves into the benefits and drawbacks of its respective method, and features detailed plans, sections, and photographs of projects they've completed that use each of these systems. The resulting book is both a lush depiction of their prefab output as well as an in-depth analysis that will prepare you for taking the plunge into prefab building. If you're familiar with the prefab trend and want to graduate to the next level, Prefab Prototypes is your guide. Review: Gift - I gave this as a gift...so someone else knows this book better than I. The drawings are definitely for an architect to decipher...but they are beautiful... Review: Good, but not complete. - Prefab Prototypes is a compilation of the prefab. works done by Mark and Peter Anderson and their firm. It does well in defining the different types of prefabrication and how they might be adapted. Where the book would have been more helpful is in showing a few connection details and how those were worked out. With this simple inclusion that book would have been far more useful. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,206,319 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #455 in Architectural Materials #2,821 in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement (Books) #3,619 in Construction Engineering (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 10 Reviews | ## Images ![Prefab Prototypes: Site-specific Design for Offsite Construction - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71hMVSJ-5KL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good, but not complete. *by T***L on April 2, 2010* Prefab Prototypes is a compilation of the prefab. works done by Mark and Peter Anderson and their firm. It does well in defining the different types of prefabrication and how they might be adapted. Where the book would have been more helpful is in showing a few connection details and how those were worked out. With this simple inclusion that book would have been far more useful. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gift *by E***E on November 28, 2012* I gave this as a gift...so someone else knows this book better than I.The drawings are definitely for an architect to decipher...but they are beautiful... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful and Clear *by R***L on February 15, 2007* This book goes above and beyond the typical prefab picture book. The images are not only compelling but are informative in a way that brings clarity to someone who wants to have a better understanding of how prefabrication actually works. The Andreson's passion for design, experimentation, and progress is truly inspiring. As a young professional it is good to see a smaller firm doing interesting work. The book is very detailed, and provides clear diagrams of connections and materials. You can see very easily how it all comes together. The one thing I would have liked to know more about is (on a project by project basis) how exactly the prefabrication process takes place. It is not clear how the architect and prefabricators interact as far as collaborating on a set of documents that gets the building or project built. Perhaps that is thier proprietary secret, or perhaps it is too boring for a handsome architecture book. You can only put so much information in one book, and this one is filled to the brim. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/102098073-prefab-prototypes-site-specific-design-for-offsite-construction](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/102098073-prefab-prototypes-site-specific-design-for-offsite-construction) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-03*