A-Frame 2nd Ed

Description

The heyday of the national A-frame craze saw tens of thousands of these easy and affordable structures built as vacation homes, roadside restaurants, churches, and even pet stores. A-frame chronicles America’s love affair with the A-frame, from postwar getaway to its recent revival among designers and DIYers. In a fascinating look at this architectural phenomenon, Chad Randl tells the story of the triangle house, from prehistoric Japan to its lifestyle-changing prime in the 1960s as a symbol of play, leisure, and outdoor living. Part architectural history and part cultural exploration, the book documents every aspect of A-frame living with cartoons, ads, high-style and do-it-yourself examples, family snapshots, and an appendix with a complete set of blueprints in case you want to build your own.

"A deep-dive into the architectural style that served as an enviable yet attainable postwar emblem of a life lived more leisurely….Rereleased just in time for summer reading, A-frame not only details the origins of the style but also includes building plans and exhaustively researched information about the top industry players in different regions during the A-frame’s 1950s-60s-era heyday."
– Architect's Newspaper

Additional information

Dimensions	0.625 × 8 × 8.75 in
Imprint	Princeton Architectural Press
Format	General Trade
ISBN-13	09781616899059
ISBN-10	1616899050
Author	Chad Randl
Audience	General / adult
BISAC	ARC005080
Subjects	residential architecture coffee table book, ARC005080, a frame, a frame houses, a frame house book, a frame house plans, a frame homes book, a frame home plan, a frame house design, residential architecture book