Name/Title
Yesterday's Houses of Tomorrow: Innovative American Homes, 1850-1950Entry/Object ID
2016.002.099Description
Describes the way we have tried to improve the way we live, through new materials, technologies, and inventions, focusing on 12 American houses that were consciously designed and publicized as prototypes for the future.
Contents: Catharine Beecher and the American woman's home -- The Octagon: a home for all -- William Ward's concrete castle -- Thomas Edison's poured-concrete houses -- The Dymaxion dwelling machine -- The Aluminaire: giving light and air to the house -- Usonian houses: Frank Lloyd Wright's vision of affordable housing -- The house of tomorrow: America's first glass house -- The Motohome: the house that runs itself -- K2H40: the promise of prefabrication -- The polychrome house: mosaic concrete and the Earley process -- Lustron: the all-metal dream house.
216 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2016.002Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2016)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Architecture, Domestic--United States, Architecture, Modern--19th century--United States, Architecture, Modern--20th century--United StatesBook Details
Author
Jandl, H. Ward, Burns, John A.
Auer, Michael J.Publisher
Preservation PressDate Published
circa 1991Call No.
NA7207 .J36 1991ISBN
0891331867LCCN
9117487Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By H. Ward Jandl, with additional essays by John A. Burns and Michael J. Auer.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-212) and index.Created By
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December 15, 2016Updated By
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February 17, 2023