Pre/fabric
Subtitle: the growing houses of Skopje
By: Milan Mijalkovic, Katharina Urbanek ; translation from German to English, Roderick O'Donovan ; translation from Macedonian to English, Milica Gjorchevska
Contributors: Urbanek, Katharina
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Wieser
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Klagenfurt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9783990292907; 3783990292907
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Prefabricated houses; Disaster relief
Other titles: growing houses of Skopje
Description: "On July 26, 1963 a disastrous earthquake destroyed large areas of the city of Skopje. This natural catastrophe resulted in a wave of international solidarity and united ideologically separate worlds in a humanitarian project. The erection of prefabricated houses provided a number of countries with an opportunity to contribute visible and clearly identifiable reconstruction aid. Over the last 50 years the imported houses from Finland, Mexico or the USA have steadily transformed and grown; today they are completely integrated in the city's urban fabric. PRE/FABRIC undertakes a search for traces in the biography of these houses and their use"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.