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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Quonset hut [Texte électronique] : metal living for a modern age / Julie Decker and Chris Chiei, editors
Publication : New York : Princeton Architectural Press, cop. 2005
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xvii, 165 pages)
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-155) and index
An unexpected architectural phenomenon-something like a halved tin can turned on its
side-swept across the American landscape after World War II: the Quonset hut. Originally
designed during the war for use as makeshift housing for soldiers and their families
around the world, the seemingly ubiquitous Quonset hut housed a rapidly expanding
nation in the 1940s and 1950s both at work and at play. From recording studios-a Quonset
was responsible for the birth of the "Nashville sound"--To the 1948 congressional
campaign headquarters of Gerald Ford, to an endless variety of incarnations including
bars, movie theaters, classrooms, supermarkets, restaurants, and houses of worship,
the Quonset hut was the shape of a nation in need of affordable, easy-to-build shelter.
Quonset Hut: Metal Living for a Modern Age is a fascinating look at a surprising architectural
sensation and offers a refreshing, revealing, and untold story of a true American
icon
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Decker, Julie. Fonction indéterminée
Chiei, Chris. Fonction indéterminée
Anchorage museum of history and art. Fonction indéterminée
Anchorage Museum Association. Fonction indéterminée
Alaska Design Forum. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Constructions préfabriquées -- Alaska (États-Unis) -- 1940-1945
Constructions préfabriquées -- Années 1950 -- Alaska (États-Unis)
Construction métallique -- Années 1950 -- Alaska (États-Unis)
Constructions provisoires -- Années 1950 -- Alaska (États-Unis)
Architecture -- Facteur humain -- Années 1950 -- Alaska (États-Unis)
Architecture
Constructions préfabriquées
Constructions provisoires
Constructions -- Alaska (États-Unis)
Indice(s) Dewey :
720.48 (23e éd.) = Bâtiments selon la forme, bâtiments avec atriums (architecture)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781568986548
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44668606z
Notice n° :
FRBNF44668606
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The hut that shaped a nation / Julie Decker and Chris Chiei ; How the hut came to
be / Chris Chiei ; Quonsets, Alaska, and World War II / Steven Haycox ; War, design,
and weapons of mass construction / Brian Carter ; After the war : Quonset huts and
their integration into daily American life / Tom Vanderbilt ; The huts that wouldn't
go away : Alaska adopts the hut / Chris Chiei ; Quonsets today : concluding thoughts
/ Julie Decker and Chris Chiei.
