{"product_id":"aframe-isbn-9781568984100","title":"A-frame","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. \u003cbr\u003eIndeed, 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. \u003cbr\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eA-Frame\u003c\/i\u003e 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!","brand":"Princeton Architectural Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895597494501,"sku":"NP9781568984100","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/aframe-isbn-9781568984100","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}