{"product_id":"aframe-9781568984100","title":"A-frame","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA-frame\u003c\/strong\u003e by Randl, Chad. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781568984100.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\n\nIndeed, the A-frame was an icon for recreation, an 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.\n\nIn 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!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Princeton Architectural Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44633285918773,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568984103","price":98.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1568984103_75562d41-5d4f-4cc0-91e5-013719f99af0.jpg?v=1784165543","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/aframe-9781568984100","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}