imprint -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part A History of prefabrication -- Nomads and settled dwellers -- Brickwork -- Stone -- Timber -- The military and colonial expansion -- Iron - the first systems -- Prefabricated concrete construction -- Rationalisation, serial production, type standardisation and mass housing construction -- The prefabricated house - the modular building system -- Large span structural systems -- Mega-structures and visions -- Industrial fabrication - "synonym for progress" -- Open structures -- Part B Fundamentals -- Industrial prefabrication -- Site prefabrication and mobile production plants -- Building methods -- Elements -- Type standardisation -- System - building system -- Closed systems -- Modular building systems -- Open systems -- Semi-finished elements -- Module -- Grid -- Dimensional coordination -- Geometrical positioning of structural and fit-out elements -- Transport -- Assembly -- Jointing -- Tolerances -- Part C Structural systems -- Materials in system building -- Steel -- Timber -- Concrete -- Frame systems -- Steel frame systems -- Timber frame systems -- Concrete frame systems -- Built examples in detail -- Temporary House, Paris (F) -- House, Rotenburg (D) -- House, Phoenix (USA) -- Demonstration house, Tosu-City (J) -- House, Sakurajosui (J) -- Extension, Preding (A) -- House, Andelsbuch (A) -- House, Gams (CH) -- Fashion center, Fukuoka (J) -- Universitiy institute, Grenoble (F) -- Housing and office block, Kassel (D) -- Panel systems -- Building with steel panels -- Building with timber panels -- Building with concrete panels -- Building with masonry panels and brickwork elements -- Built examples in detail -- House, Sumvitg (CH) -- House, Dalaas (A) -- Weekend house, Tokyo (J) -- Weekend house, Northport (USA) -- House, Munchenbuchsee (CH).

Carpentry works, Feldkirch (A) -- Technology centre, Munich (D) -- Advertising agency, Munich (D) -- Winery, Flasch (CH) -- Hotel management and catering school, Nivilliers (F) -- Room module systems -- Steel room module systems -- Timber room module systems -- Concrete room module systems -- Office block, Fellbach (D) -- Residential and commercial block, Rathenow (D) -- Office building, Munich (D) -- Tomihiro Art Museum, Azuma (J) -- Pavilion, Venice (I) -- Loft, New York (USA) -- Cafe, Helsinki (FIN) -- Hotel extension, Bezau (A) -- Prefabricated house from Denmark (DK) -- Transportable living unit (D) -- Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo (J) -- Part D Building envelopes -- Structural facades -- Non-structural facades -- Glass facade systems -- Multi-layer glass facade and window systems -- Metal facade systems -- Timber facade systems -- Concrete facade systems -- Brickwork facade systems -- Natural stonework facade systems -- Plastic facade systems -- Glazed grid shells -- Changes in the planning process -- Glazed single-skin steel grid shells -- Westhafen Tower, Frankfurt/ Main (D) -- Office block, London (GB) -- Uptown Munich (D) -- Hotel, Tokyo (J) -- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (USA) -- Part E Developments -- From industrial mass production to customised prefabrication -- Computer-assisted design -- Computer-assisted production processes -- Construction robots -- User-specific customisation -- Digital construction systems -- Appendices -- Authors -- Statutory instruments, directives, standards -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index of persons -- Index.