Chad Randl (92 results)

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Condition: Very Good. Great shape! Has a publisher remainder mark. paperback Used - Very Good 2008.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Alternately lauded as the future of architecture or dismissed as pure folly, revolving buildings are a fascinating missing chapter in architectural history with surprising relevance to issues in contemporary architectural design. Rotating structures have been employed to solve problems and create effects that stationary buildings can't achieve. Rotating buildings offeredever-changing vistas and made interior spaces more flexible and adaptable. They were used to impress visitors, treatpatients, and improve the green qualities of a structure by keeping particular rooms in or out of the sun. The follow-up to his critically acclaimed book A-frame, Chad Randl's Revolving Architecture: A History of Buildings that Rotate, Swivel, and Pivot explores the history of this unique building type, investigating the cultural forces that have driven people to design and inhabit them. Revolving Architecture is packed with a variety of fantastic revolving structures such as a jail that kept inmates under a wardens constant surveillance, glamorous revolving restaurants, tuberculosis treatment wards, houses, theaters, and even a contemporary residential building whose full-floor apartments circle independently of each other. International examples from the late 1800s though the present demonstrate the variety and innovation of these dynamic structures. BEAUTIFUL COPY!!.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. 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.…

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: square sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine, heavily illustrated throughout with photos, diagrams, and advertising images. RANDL, CHAD. A-frame. Hudson, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2020, 2nd edition, 207pp., . 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. - CONTENTS: Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A-frame Antecedents (to 1950) -- Tongs and Crucks -- A-Frames in America -- Chapter 2 The Right Shape at the Right Time -- Leisure Time and Vacation Homes -- Do-It-Yourself -- Postwar Architecture -- Chapter 3 Setting the Stage (1950-1957) -- Wally Reemelin's A-Frame Duplex -- John Campbell's Leisure House -- George T. Rockrise's Perlman House -- Henrik Bull's Flender A-Frame -- Andrew Geller's Reese House -- Chapter 4 Popularity, Plan Books, and Promotion (1958-1962) -- At Home Anywhere -- Cheap and Easy -- Popular, Despite Its Flaws -- Dr. Hellyer and The DFPA -- Chapter 5 A-frame Apogee (1962-1972) -- A-Frame Kits -- Precut A-Frame Packages -- Prefabricated A-Frame Packages -- Alpine Villages, Incorporated -- Downhill Skiing and A-Frames -- Backcountry A-Frames -- The A-Frame Abroad -- Chapter 6 Beyond the Vacation Home -- The Synthesis of Signage and Structure -- A-Frames Pointing to Heaven -- International A-Frame Churches -- Chapter 7 A Cultural and Marketing Icon -- A-Frames on Display -- Mail-In Sweepstakes -- A-Frames in ADS -- A-Frames in The Yard -- A-Frame Dollhouses -- Conclusion -- Vacation Home Bust -- "The Silliest Fad . . ." -- Lasting Impacts -- Surviving Postwar A-Frames -- New A-Frames Today -- Plans for an A-frame. ISBN 9781616899059.…

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Condition: Very Good. Great shape! Has a publisher remainder mark. paperback Used - Very Good 2020.