Book Description
"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-frame
A-frame,Chad Randl,Princeton Arch,1568984103,20th century,A-frame houses,Architecture,Domestic,Historic Preservation,History - Specific Styles,Social History,United States,Vacation homes,Architecture / General
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