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2. Glass fiber reinforced concrete - Wikipedia

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   Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) is a type of fiber-reinforced concrete. The product is also known as glassfibre reinforced concrete or GRC in British English. [1] Glass fiber concretes are mainly used in exterior building façade panels and as architectural precast concrete. Somewhat similar materials are fiber cement siding and cement ...

3. Prefabricated building - Wikipedia

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   Prefabricated post-war home at Chiltern Open Air Museum - Universal House, Mark 3, steel frame clad with corrugated asbestos cement A 1950s metal UK prefab at the Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Surrey. San Sebastian Minor Basilica in Manila, completed in 1891, is the only prefabricated steel church in Asia. [2]

4. Prefabrication - Wikipedia

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   Prefabricated steel and glass sections are widely used for the exterior of large buildings. Detached houses, cottages, log cabin, saunas, etc. are also sold with prefabricated elements. Prefabrication of modular wall elements allows building of complex thermal insulation , window frame components, etc. on an assembly line , which tends to ...

5. Modular building - Wikipedia

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   Wood-frame floors, walls and roof are often utilized. Some modular homes include brick or stone exteriors, granite counters and steeply pitched roofs. Modulars can be designed to sit on a perimeter foundation or basement. In contrast, mobile homes are constructed with a steel chassis that is integral to the integrity of the floor system.

6. Glass brick - Wikipedia

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   Glass block walls are constrained based on the framing in which they are set. If a masonry or steel frame exists, the maximum area of the wall can be 144 square feet (13.4 m 2), whereas the maximum area without a frame is 100 square feet (9.3 m 2). [5] The William Lescaze House and Office at 211 East 48th Street in New York City, built in 1934 ...

7. Prefabricated home - Wikipedia

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   Uninhabited prefabricated council houses in Seacroft, Leeds, UK "Prefabricated" may refer to buildings built in components (e.g. panels), modules (modular homes) or transportable sections (manufactured homes), and may also be used to refer to mobile homes, i.e., houses on wheels. Although similar, the methods and design of the three vary widely.