A-frame - Couverture rigide

Randl, Chad

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1568984103 ISBN 13 : 9781568984100

Editeur : Princeton Architectural Press, 2004

Synopsis

'A' was the architectural letterform of leisure building in postwar America. Eager to stake out mountain and lakeside retreats, an entire generation of high-end homebuilders and weekend handymen found the A-frame an easy and affordable home to construct; its steeply sloping triangular roof distinctive and easy to maintain )almost no exterior walls to paint!). Fueled by A-frame plans and kits, the style became something of a national craze, with tens of thousands of houses built.
Indeed, the A-frame was an icon for recreation, and acceptable form of modernism (although its origins go back thousands of years), and a convenient tool for marketing a wide range of products, including gas-powered toilets, motorcycles, and canned vegetables; Fisher-Price even made one for children. So popular on the domestic front, the A-frame was eventually adapted to other building types, from roadside restaurants to churches.
In a fascinating look at this architectural phenomenon, Chad Randl tells the story of the 'triangle' house from prehistoric Japan to its lifestyle-changing heyday in the 1960s. Part architectural history and part cultural exploration, A-Frame documents every aspect of A-frame living using cartoons, ads, high-style and do-it-yourself examples, family snapshots, and even an appendix with a complete set of blueprints in case you want to build your own!

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Chad Randl is an architectural historian working at the National Park Service. He resides in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton Architectural Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1568984103
• ISBN 13: 9781568984100
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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