Pages 129-132, 133-136, and 137-140 are printed on folded leaves. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Imprint -- Hacksaw / Ernest Wilkins. A house divided / Rebecca Gayle Howell -- Jason Bateman is infrastructure / Adam Kotsko -- Something else for everyone / Paul Andersen -- American hutness / Dan Handel -- Photographs / Chris Strong -- American framing : Pavilion of the United States at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia -- Examples from history -- Photographs / Daniel Shea -- Architecture Americana / Penelope Dean -- How framing works / Paul Preissner -- Acknowledgements -- Biographies -- Imprint -- Excerpt from "The ancient forest" / Catherine Caulfield -- Excerpt from "Helping the powerless build power" / Pablo Alvarado, Harold Meyerson -- Hacksaw / Ernest Wilkins.
Summary:
Originating in 1832 in Chicago with a balloon framed warehouse designed by George Washington Snow, the technique of timber framing, also known at the time as "Chicago construction," introduced softwood construction to the world. Timber frame construction quickly came to dominate the built landscape of America because of the ready availability of the principal material required, the simplicity of construction, and its ability to be erected by low or unskilled workers. The result was a built environment that erased typological and class distinctions of architectural production, as both rich and poor lived in houses that are built the same way. "American Framing" is a visual and textual exploration of the conditions and consequences of these ubiquitous structures, the architecture which enables architecture. Archival drawings and historical images, along with newly commissioned photographs by Linda Robbennolt, Daniel Shea, and Chris Strong, in addition to plans and drawings, shed new light on this quintessentially American method of construction.
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