"An Architecture of Parts: Architects, Building Workers and Industrialisation in Britain 1940–70 is an ambitious book, one that successfully reconciles theoretical issues with a wide range of archival sources to elucidate a large and complex subject matter." – Gary A. Boyd, The Queen’s University, The Journal of Architecture

• Part 1: Industrialisation and the British Building Industry 1. The Industrialization of Building 2. The Building Industry during War and Reconstruction 3. Education and Training 4. Post-War change: management and organization Part 2: Architectural Abstraction: The Role of The Modular Society in Promoting Industrialized Methods 5. The Modular Society 6. ‘Additive Architecture’: The Early Years of Modular Co-ordination 7. The BRS and the Mathematization of Architectural Modularity Part 3: ‘Never Argue with the Architect’: Architects and Building Workers 1940-70 8. ‘Put nobody between the architect and the men’: The Role of Architects on Site 9. The Nature of Work in the Construction Industry 10. Elusive Connections: Architects and Building Workers in Mid-century Britain

"An Architecture of Parts: Architects, Building Workers and Industrialisation in Britain 1940–70 is an ambitious book, one that successfully reconciles theoretical issues with a wide range of archival sources to elucidate a large and complex subject matter." – Gary A. Boyd, The Queen’s University, The Journal of Architecture

• Part 1: Industrialisation and the British Building Industry 1. The Industrialization of Building 2. The Building Industry during War and Reconstruction 3. Education and Training 4. Post-War change: management and organization Part 2: Architectural Abstraction: The Role of The Modular Society in Promoting Industrialized Methods 5. The Modular Society 6. ‘Additive Architecture’: The Early Years of Modular Co-ordination 7. The BRS and the Mathematization of Architectural Modularity Part 3: ‘Never Argue with the Architect’: Architects and Building Workers 1940-70 8. ‘Put nobody between the architect and the men’: The Role of Architects on Site 9. The Nature of Work in the Construction Industry 10. Elusive Connections: Architects and Building Workers in Mid-century Britain

"An Architecture of Parts: Architects, Building Workers and Industrialisation in Britain 1940–70 is an ambitious book, one that successfully reconciles theoretical issues with a wide range of archival sources to elucidate a large and complex subject matter." – Gary A. Boyd, The Queen’s University, The Journal of Architecture

• Part 1: Industrialisation and the British Building Industry 1. The Industrialization of Building 2. The Building Industry during War and Reconstruction 3. Education and Training 4. Post-War change: management and organization Part 2: Architectural Abstraction: The Role of The Modular Society in Promoting Industrialized Methods 5. The Modular Society 6. ‘Additive Architecture’: The Early Years of Modular Co-ordination 7. The BRS and the Mathematization of Architectural Modularity Part 3: ‘Never Argue with the Architect’: Architects and Building Workers 1940-70 8. ‘Put nobody between the architect and the men’: The Role of Architects on Site 9. The Nature of Work in the Construction Industry 10. Elusive Connections: Architects and Building Workers in Mid-century Britain