Portable Buildings Research

Essays

The collection of analytical essays below are a significant body of research into portable buildings. They provide the historical background, description and analysis of the 119 buildings which together form the Property proposed for Nomination to the World Heritage List.

INDEX
ESSAY 6 - GERMAN HOUSES
ESSAY 12 - EDWIN MAW
ESSAY 1 - PREFABRICATION
ESSAY 7 - AMERICAN TIMBER
ESSAY 13 - GLASGOW IRON BUILDINGS
ESSAY 2 - PREFABRICATION IN AUSTRALIA
ESSAY 8 - LIGHTHOUSES
ESSAY 14 - ROBERTSON & LISTER
ESSAY 3 - MANNING & THOMPSON
ESSAY 9 - HEMMING
ESSAY 15 - ENGLISH IRON STRUCTURES
ESSAY 4 - ASIA-PACIFIC
ESSAY 10 - PORTER, MOREWOOD & ROGERS, BELLHOUSE
ESSAY 16 - CONSERVATORIES
ESSAY 5 - BRITISH HYBRIDS
ESSAY 17 - BRIDGES
ESSAY 11 - JOHN WALKER
ESSAY 18 - STEEL

Individual buildings research papers

The following papers provide additional research regarding specific buildings that are included in the proposed list of places that make up the Portable Buildings of the Nineteenth Century

645 - Keilor Iron Building

Hear Miles Lewis talk about portable buildings

An introduction to portable buildings

Timber portable buildings

Iron portable buildings

Zinc, papier mache portable buildings and glasshouses