These are devices not constructed from a collection of prefabricated parts, but created in a form that flows from the intention of the design.

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He had sold engine-parts, prefabricated houses, magic-lantern projectors, socks.

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Prefabricated housing meant as temporary accommodation to those left homeless that year is still in use in some parts of the northwest.

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The construction site consists of tidy stacks of flat-packed, prefabricated wall units, roof panels and other jumbo components trucked from Michigan and labeled and numbered like parts for a giant Ikea Akurum cabinet.

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