Last month we kicked off our Green Guide to Prefab series with
an article exploring the history of prefabricated housing. Now
we’re back with another article in this series to take a look at
mobile homes and their influence on the development of
prefabricated housing. Although the words ‘mobile home’ today
often conjure up images of sprawling trailer parks outside
cities, these compact homes-on-wheels were, in fact, part of a
design revolution that gave way to a low-cost, portable option
for single-family home ownership. Read on for the second
installment of our Green Guide to Prefab, where former Lindal
Cedar Homes CEO, and green design consultant Michael Harris
schools us on the history of the mobile home and how it helped
shape modern prefabricated housing. The Preassembled Prefab:
Born On a Truck Chassis, Matured Into Cost Effective Homes Motel
Rooms on Wheels Evolve Into Primary Homes for a Mobile Society A
new type of factory-produced house evolved in the 1930s and
1940s – while architects and manufactu