ABSTRACT
Housebuilding in the UK is dominated by a small number of private companies. Four of them account for around twenty five percent of the annual production. Fifty percent of the total industry output is produced by some forty companies, each of which builds between five hundred and twelve thousand houses per year.(1) Their standard basic house designs are repeated on sites throughout the country with little or no regard for local character, traditional techniques and materials, or the nature of specific sites.
