A Barrage of Houses: World War I and Mass-Produced Housing for France

A fascinating investigation of the World War I origins of mass-produced architecture

Mass-produced housing became increasingly prevalent through the second half of the twentieth century and is now found around the globe. Though its popularity and growing adoption have been primarily connected to the post–World War II housing boom, Etien Santiago weaves together architectural, construction, and sociopolitical history to reveal how its foundations were laid earlier, during World War I.

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