Topic “prefabricated construction”

By Deborah K. Dietsch (Special to The Washington Post)

On a cold day in January, homeowners Nick and Catherine Swezey stood in their kitchen looking up at the sky. The roof of their 1923 bungalow in the District’s Kent neighborhood had been torn off to make way for a prefabricated addition on top of the house.

“That was one of the most dramatic moments presented by this project,” said Nick...