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		<title>People in Plastic Houses Can Throw Stones</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prefab Houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visionary Architecture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why didn't the plastic house phenomenon catch on? Primarily because the construction industry viewed plastic homes as a threat to their very existence.

Prefabricated homes like Eliot Noyes' 1964 "Wonder House" (see above) offered advantages that traditional homes could not match. Plastic, with its malleable qualities, could be industrially produced, mass-marketed, and sold cheap. For some, plastic homes seemed like the logical solution to a housing shortage.]]></description>
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