{"product_id":"the-aluminaire-house-9781423648697","title":"The Aluminaire House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exciting review of the history, architecture, and rescue of the Aluminaire House, a midcentury modern experimental house designed by architects A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey and now moving to its new, permanent home at the Palm Springs Art Museum.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Aluminaire House was conceived and constructed by Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey as an exhibition house for the Allied Arts and Industry and Architectural League Exhibition of 1931 at the Grand Central Palace in New York City. It was intended to display standard mass-produced building materials, donated by the manufacturers. In addition to being a display of products, it was a demonstration of their use in making a repeatable, affordable house, bringing together the ideas of mass production with high-density communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house is constructed of mostly aluminum and glass. It was intended to be mass produced and affordable, using inexpensive, off-the-shelf materials. The three-story house was constructed for the exhibit in just ten days, and during its first week on display, attracted more than 100,000 visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe historic Aluminaire House is now being reconstructed in Palm Springs, on the grounds of the Palm Springs Art Museum, where it will be part of the museum's permanent collection. The Aluminaire House is considered a masterpiece of modernist design, listed by Architectural Record as one of the most important buildings completed worldwide in the past 125 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing over 150 black-and-white and full-color photographs, \u003ci\u003eThe Aluminaire House\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential monograph for fans of midcentury modern and architectural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gibbs Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781423648697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.06lbs","brand":"Jon Michael Schwarting, Frances Campani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637659365557,"sku":"9781423648697","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7d69f795-886c-4e4c-b9e8-b2c502d9d0a5.jpg?v=1726582365","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-aluminaire-house-9781423648697","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}