Like hamburgers, fast food restaurants are made of prefabricated parts that are delivered to a site for assembly. Materials in these structures are low cost and durable. Smooth surfaces and tile floors are easily sanitized. Furniture is mounted on steel posts to facilitate mopping. The fixed space between chair and table is based on physiological research; providing a comfortable seat for every body type, but not so comfortable that people might linger. These photographs were an effort to record a utilitarian design that goes unnoticed in the urban fabric. Efficient and rational, they depict the modern ideal. These buildings appear in identical form worldwide, and the food they serve tastes relatively consistent regardless of the variables that exist beyond the kitchens. Regularly updated, the company image is controlled from a central office. They mark the point where the individual meets the multi-national fast food corporation to engage in the intimate act of dining.