02293nam a2200361Ia 4500 pucpr 20220825191748.0 031011s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng 2003024853 1568984100 9781568984100 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA7575 R35 2004 728.7/2/0973 22 Randl, Chad. 267661 A-frame. Chad Randl. txt New York : Princeton Architectural Press , 2004. 207 p. ill.; col.; plans.; 21 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc include index Include Bibliography Chapter 1 A-Frame Antecedents (to 1950) -- Chapter 2 The Right Shape at the Right Time -- Chapter 3 Setting the Stage (1950-1957) -- Chapter 4 Popularity, Plan Books, and Promotion (1958-1962) -- chapter 5 A-Frame Apogee (1962-1972) -- Chapter 6 Beyond the Vacation Home -- Chapter 7 A Cultural and Marketing Icon -- "A" was the architectural letterform of leisure building in postwar North America. A generation of high-end homebuilders and weekend handymen found the A-frame an easy and affordable home to build. By the 1960s the A-frame was an icon for recreation and an acceptable form of modernism-even though its origins go back thousands of years. So popular on the domestic front, the "triangle" house was eventually adapted to other building types, from roadside restaurants to churches.A-Frame traces this architectural phenomenon, from prehistoric Japan to its modern heyday. Part architectural history and part cultural exploration, the book documents A-frame living using cartoons, ads, high-style and do-it-yourself examples and family snapshots. The appendix includes a complete set of blueprints. A-frame houses United States. 193819 Local Vacation homes United States. 286837 Local Architecture United States History 20th century. 54081 Local Wooden-frame houses United States. 292119 Cottages. United States. 213796 lcc 6 NA7575 General R35 2004 221222 221222 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2011-02-15 Amazon 18.21 463783 0 General NA7575 R35 2004 91000000020883 2016-05-27 00:00:00 1 28.21 2011-02-15 6