Looks communist, it really does.

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes, little boxes,
Little boxes, just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses
All ran to the university,
And they were put in boxes,
And they came out all the same
There's a doctor and a lawyer
And a business executive,
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

And after a decade or three, levittown had morphed into something different, as people modified their homes and yards to fit their particular style.

Will the same be done to more recent cookie-cutter houses that are more typical of suburbia now? Is modification precluded by the current building materials?

If IKEA can develop low cost housing for a market where it is in short supply, and allow for the future modification by the user, that would seem to be a good thing. The customization can happen when the new user moves in, not just for the first owner.

Looks communist, it really does.

I didn't know that architecture had political styles. What does a Republican house look like? How about a Libertarian one?

If you look at collective houseing in communist countries it all has a similar style.
But I think you knew that and were just trying to be clever.

If you look at collective houseing in communist countries it all has a similar style.

Looks like modern row houses to me.

But I think you knew that and were just trying to be clever.

No, I think it's very weird to label a housing style as "communist".

Why does it matter if your house looks the same as your neighbors? Is it ultimately our possessions that define us? I live in an urban apartment building and my front door looks just everyone else's. Have my neighbors and I all been dehumanized by this?

I want to know where do all the readers live where each house is a unique handcrafted masterpiece? Would that lifestyle be sustainable for everybody? Maybe what offends some readers about this is that it provides little outlet for keeping up with the Joneses.

No it just looks european.

Communist, I love it, really cute, good humor.
So how would you describe the suburban tract home?
Capitalist swine?

My only concern would be the quality of the houses. I love IKEA, and have quite a few rooms full of the stuff, but sturdiness is not a one of there strong points. I do enjoy the assembly of the pieces though, the only thing I enjoy putting together more is Playmobil for my children. Now If Playmobil designed a house, I would be interested in that!

I agree, totally Communist. Hasn't anyone who finds this description weird been to Poland or the Czech Rep, etc. and seen Communist era housing??

''I want to know where do all the readers live where each house is a unique handcrafted masterpiece? ''
My house was designed by the guy who worked on the Houses Of Parliament at Westminster. I win.

But yeah, I get your point.

Why is prefab so great? It still needs to be built. And transported.

They still look better than 99% of the crap they pass off as houses in the US.

Most US housing is inefficient, poorly built, overly expensive and complicated process to build.

These look great, very clean and european, a refreshing change from the developer dreck that is put up everywhere.