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A-frame / Chad Randl.
LIBRA NA7575 .R35 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Randl, Chad.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vacation homes--United States.
- Vacation homes.
- A-frame houses.
- United States.
- A-frame houses--United States.
- Architecture--United States--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- 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. Includes an appendix with a complete set of blueprints.
- Contents:
- A-frame antecedents to 1950
- The right shape at the right time
- Setting the stage, 1950-1957
- Popularity, plan books, and promotion, 1958-1962
- A-frame apogee, 1962-1972
- Beyond the vacation home
- A cultural and marketing icon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-203) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1568984103
- OCLC:
- 53483676
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