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Building modernism on a pre-fab budget

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2004 / March 10

We must create the mass-production spirit. The spirit of constructing mass-production houses. The spirit of living in mass-production houses. . . . - Le Corbusier Don't think trailer park. Think about what intelligent design has done for the Volkswagen car, IKEA furniture and brand-name computers. What if modern architecture could meet up frankly, honestly with mass production the way that French architect Le Corbusier imagined it? What if you could actually afford to buy a house by award-winning architects?

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