Background
Herbert, Gilbert was born on June 22, 1924 in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. Arrived in Israel, 1968. Son of Benjamin and Sophia (Miller) Herbert.
(This is the story of what came to be known as the "packag...)
This is the story of what came to be known as the "packaged house," one of the few architect-inspired attempts to manufacture and market a prefabricated home. The plan began in the 1940s as a major collaborative effort between Walter Gropius, then at the height of his fame, and Konrad Wachsmann, a rising star-both in exile from their native Germany. For both men, this was the culmination of many years of experience in the field of industrialized housing and an unparalleled opportunity to make their long-cherished dream of a factory-made house a reality. How did this venture, which seemed to have everything going for it, turn out to be such a dismal failure? The answers to that question make this one of the most fascinating studies in the annals of modern architecture. Gilbert Herbert's analysis of the bold undertaking has within it not only the elements of personal drama, as far as Gropius and Wachsmann are concerned, but it unfolds consequences of more drastic significance for the development of industrially-produced housing the world over. Both architects represented a formidable combination of ability and experience; both had contributed significantly to the theory and practice of prefabrication, and had devised a system that was technically impeccable. That "only a small number of these immaculately conceived and engineered houses was actually sold" was not only a great disappointment for them, it was a grave shock to the whole movement for industrially-produced housing. The facts of the Gropius-Wachsmann case—now fully disclosed with extensive visual documentation—are instructive in themselves. But the real significance of this book lies in its ability to relate the facts to the history of industrialized housing and to the modern architect's confrontation with technological, economic, and social forces.
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Herbert, Gilbert was born on June 22, 1924 in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. Arrived in Israel, 1968. Son of Benjamin and Sophia (Miller) Herbert.
Bachelor of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1947. Master of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1955. DArch (honorary), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1986.
Doctor Litt et Phil., University South Africa, Pretoria, 1969.
Lecturer architecture, U. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1947-1961; reader, U. Adelaide, Australia, 1961-1968; associate professor, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1968-1972; dean faculty of architecture, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1973-1974; Mary Hill Swope professor architecture, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1974-1992; professor emeritus, Technion, Haifa, since 1992; private practice architecture, Johannesburg and Adelaide, 1947-1968. Visiting professor U. Witwatersrand, 1975, 85, 88, Federal University Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, 1980, U. Natal, 1993. Distinguished visiting scholar U. Adelaide, 1979, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981.
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President Jewish National Fund of South Australia, 1965-1967. Fellow Royal Institute British Architects, Royal Australian Institute Architects. Member Institute South African Architects (Architectural Writers and Critics' award 1979), American Society Architectural Historians, Association Engineers and Architects Israel (Contribution to Education Merit award 1997), Israel Institute Architects and Town Planners (Contribution to Research Merit award 1998).
Married Valerie Ryan, June 18, 1953. Children: Barry (deceased), Margalit.