Prefabricated homes, or prefabs, are dwellings manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled. Three main forms exist: modular homes, built in complete sections and transported for on-site assembly using construction methods similar to traditional building; manufactured homes, built on permanent steel beams in complete sections and set on foundations once transported; and mobile homes or trailers, built on wheels and licensed as personal property. In the United States, mobile and manufactured houses are built to federal HUD building codes, while modular houses are built to the International Residential Code, so outwardly similar prefabricated homes can differ considerably in construction, materials and regulation. Contemporary prefabricated design has drawn on postmodern and futurist architectural styles, showing that off-site manufacture can produce aesthetically ambitious housing rather than only utilitarian shelter.
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Manufactured homes are built onto steel beams and are transported in complete sections to the home site, where they are assembled.
In Group: Postwar and Late Modern Styles with an International Reach, Lead paragraph
Prefabricated homes, often referred to as prefab homes or simply prefabs, are specialist dwelling types of prefabricated building
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