{"product_id":"a-barrage-of-houses-etien-santiago-9780300284416","title":"A Barrage of Houses: World War I and Mass-Produced Housing for France","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating investigation of the World War I origins of mass-produced architecture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mass-produced housing became increasingly prevalent through the second half of the twentieth century and is nearly ubiquitous today. Though its popularity and widespread 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Prior to World War I, systems for making lots of dwellings quickly and cheaply were limited to utilitarian colonial or military applications. It was assumed that such serially made shelters could only be temporary. Yet the Great War shattered these assumptions, pushing architects, designers, and engineers to appropriate military advances in construction to create a new form of permanent residential architecture. \u003ci\u003eA Barrage of Houses\u003c\/i\u003e charts the rise of mass-produced dwellings in France from 1914 to the mid-1920s, as demonstrated through housing designs by Auguste and Gustave Perret, Henri Sauvage, and Le Corbusier. Through their use of concrete, metal, modular wooden parts, and new materials, these housing schemes addressed the tangible fallout of the war as well as its thorny conceptual challenges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Etien Santiago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300284411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300284416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Etien Santiago","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965476651263,"sku":"9780300284416","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c760161-520a-4769-98af-90bd2fb3c0d4.jpg?v=1767280827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-barrage-of-houses-etien-santiago-9780300284416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}