Show Factory Homes There are growing indications indica lions a revolution in homebuilding home homebuilding building is to start at It last ONE IS TilE THE selection of 22 designs by the Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of oC Housing an and d Urban Development for mass lion tion housing in prototype conI con con- I t projects r Another is the interest of several giant American firms in n the production mass-production house TilE THE HOUSE ROUSE of the future may indeed be a pre pre construct constructed construct construct- ed house and there will al almost almost almost al- al most certainly be many of them and no doubt dOlbt pre con parts c cart be put to together together to to- gether in a number of styles and sizes for variations The object of course is to reduce the cost of houses Of all major industries homebuilding home home- building is the most outdated and obsolete Workmen earning earning earn earn- ing increasingly bigger salaries salaries salaries sal sal- aries understandably lay bricks the same way this was done two hundred years ago Carpenters use the same general general gen gen- eral methods Plumbers do their work much the same way YET TilE THE extent of technological technological technological tech tech- advancement in this general field in recent years is considerable and the capability capability capability capa capa- Is within the country's country s Y r AI industry and management resources resources resources re re- re- re sources for the establishment of an efficient and modem mass production industry Finishes will be applied at atthe atthe atthe the factory factor plumbing heating heating heat heat- ing ing and most ost of the construction construction construction tion wor Sill be factory done Houses con be built faster perhaps better and the cost will be less AND SUCH a technique if perfected in this country would almost certainly be exported exported ex ex- ported all over the world by byU U US U.S. S capital and executive know-how know in the years ahead AI III AI AI AI AI |