A-frame
Randl, Chad.
creator
text
bibliography
nyu
2004
monographic
eng
207 p. ill.; col.; plans.; 21 cm.
"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.
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 --
Chad Randl.
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A-frame houses
United States
Vacation homes
United States
Architecture
United States
History
20th century
Wooden-frame houses
United States
Cottages
United States
NA7575 R35 2004
728.7/2/0973
1568984100
9781568984100
2003024853
pucpr
031011
20220825191748.0
eng