ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials Craig Ellwood's third and final case study house—the Fields House, designed and built from 1956 to 1958—represents his most successful integration of industrial prefabrication with architectural design. The house's structure comprises 2"x2" hollow steel section columns on an 8' square grid, joined by 2"x5½" tube steel beams supporting the roof deck. This frame was prefabricated in 16' sections and shipped to the site; it was erected by four men in eight hours. The columns were designed with a universal jointing system which could accept all the house's different wall types (solid panels, fixed glass, windows, hinged and sliding doors) with no modifications. Ellwood's design doesn't attempt to hide the nature of its construction, and as a result, he is able to put the "fab" in "prefab."
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials 01 Erecting prefabricated steel framing 02 Inserting prefabricated wall panels
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials 01 Grid points (8'x8') 02 Public, private, and outdoor rooms
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials 02 Kitchen, looking out onto pool 01 Living room and hearth
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials 01 2"x2" tube steel columns, 2"x5½" tube steel roof beams
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials 01 Prefabricated 4'x8' wall panels and interlocking steel roof deck
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials 01 Wall detail with fixed glass panels
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials 01 Wall detail with resin-impregnated plywood panels
ARCHITECT I PLACE+PROGRAM I SPACE+ORDER I CONSTRUCTION+EXPRESSION biography regional context urban context primary structural system influence building typology building diagrams secondary structural system bibliography environmental context interior conditions mechanical systems materials 02 Detail of corner condition 01 Detail of corner condition