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In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities. In 2002 it is estimated that one in eight Americans will live in these exclusive neighborhoods. What has sparked this alarming trend? Behind the Gates is Low's revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. After years(...)
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In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities. In 2002 it is estimated that one in eight Americans will live in these exclusive neighborhoods. What has sparked this alarming trend? Behind the Gates is Low's revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. After years(...)
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Behind the gates : life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress America
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In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities. In 2002 it is estimated that one in eight Americans will live in these exclusive neighborhoods. What has sparked this alarming trend? Behind the Gates is Low's revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. After years researching and interviewing families in Long Island, New York and San Antonio, Texas, Low provides an inside view of gated communities to help explain why people flee to these enclaves. Parents with children, young married couples, "empty-nesters," and retirees express their need for safety, their secret fears of a more ethnically diverse America, and their desire to recapture the close-knit, picket-fenced communities of their childhood. Ironically, she shows, gated neighborhoods are in fact no safer than other suburbs, and many who move there are disheartened by the insularity and restrictive rules of the community. Low probes the hopes, dreams, and fears of her subjects to portray the subtle change in American middle-class values marked by the emergence of enclosed communities in the suburbs.
Behind the gates : life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress America
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In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities. In 2002 it is estimated that one in eight Americans will live in these exclusive neighborhoods. What has sparked this alarming trend? Behind the Gates is Low's revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. After years researching and interviewing families in Long Island, New York and San Antonio, Texas, Low provides an inside view of gated communities to help explain why people flee to these enclaves. Parents with children, young married couples, "empty-nesters," and retirees express their need for safety, their secret fears of a more ethnically diverse America, and their desire to recapture the close-knit, picket-fenced communities of their childhood. Ironically, she shows, gated neighborhoods are in fact no safer than other suburbs, and many who move there are disheartened by the insularity and restrictive rules of the community. Low probes the hopes, dreams, and fears of her subjects to portray the subtle change in American middle-class values marked by the emergence of enclosed communities in the suburbs.
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April 2003, New York
April 2003, New York
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Conceived as part of the one-year investigation Catching Up with Life, A Section of Now aims to re-establish a dialogue between architecture and society that would allow for architecture to begin to contend with and address our changed and changing social norms. The publication serves as a meditation on new behaviours, rituals, and values and their spatial implications(...)
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Conceived as part of the one-year investigation Catching Up with Life, A Section of Now aims to re-establish a dialogue between architecture and society that would allow for architecture to begin to contend with and address our changed and changing social norms. The publication serves as a meditation on new behaviours, rituals, and values and their spatial implications(...)
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A section of Now: Norms and Rituals as Sites for Architectural Intervention
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Conceived as part of the one-year investigation Catching Up with Life, A Section of Now aims to re-establish a dialogue between architecture and society that would allow for architecture to begin to contend with and address our changed and changing social norms. The publication serves as a meditation on new behaviours, rituals, and values and their spatial implications and seeks to catalyze urban and architectural interventions that accommodate, influence, and, in some cases, pre-empt our new lived realities. Authors address topics ranging from the safety of digital spaces to how normative life trajectories affect the elderly and the many selves each of us puts forward, while architects present frameworks for spaces for blended families, thirty-year-old retirees, and contested monuments, among many others. Bringing together analytical essays about the contemporary moment and the direction in which society is moving, projective texts that outline new architectural types to address societal needs, alongside television series, photography, and architecture and design projects, A Section of Now outlines a new relationship between the spaces in which we live and the ways we live within them.
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Conceived as part of the one-year investigation Catching Up with Life, A Section of Now aims to re-establish a dialogue between architecture and society that would allow for architecture to begin to contend with and address our changed and changing social norms. The publication serves as a meditation on new behaviours, rituals, and values and their spatial implications and seeks to catalyze urban and architectural interventions that accommodate, influence, and, in some cases, pre-empt our new lived realities. Authors address topics ranging from the safety of digital spaces to how normative life trajectories affect the elderly and the many selves each of us puts forward, while architects present frameworks for spaces for blended families, thirty-year-old retirees, and contested monuments, among many others. Bringing together analytical essays about the contemporary moment and the direction in which society is moving, projective texts that outline new architectural types to address societal needs, alongside television series, photography, and architecture and design projects, A Section of Now outlines a new relationship between the spaces in which we live and the ways we live within them.
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August 2021
August 2021
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CCA Publications
CCA Publications
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407 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm
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407 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm
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- Buildings Remodeling for other use Case studies.,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century Conservation and restoration.,
- Architecture, Modern 19th century Conservation and restoration.,
- Architecture, Modern 21st century Designs and plans.,
- Constructions Reconversion Études de cas.,
- Architecture 20e siècle Conservation et restauration.,
- Architecture 19e siècle Conservation et restauration.,
- Architecture 21e siècle Dessins et plans.,
- Architecture and Planning.,
- Architecture, Modern,
- Architecture, Modern Conservation and restoration,
- Buildings Remodeling for other use,
- Architektur Nutzungsänderung.,
- Nutzungsänderung Architektur.,
- Bauen im Bestand Geschichte 2001 ff.,
- Case studies,
- Architectural drawings,
- Études de cas.
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[Salenstein, Switzerland] : Braun, 2011.
[Salenstein, Switzerland] : Braun, 2011.
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Re-use architecture / by Chris van Uffelen ; [translation: Geoffrey Steinherz].
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407 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm
Re-use architecture / by Chris van Uffelen ; [translation: Geoffrey Steinherz].
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407 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm
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[Salenstein, Switzerland] : Braun, 2011.
[Salenstein, Switzerland] : Braun, 2011.
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- Buildings Remodeling for other use Case studies.,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century Conservation and restoration.,
- Architecture, Modern 19th century Conservation and restoration.,
- Architecture, Modern 21st century Designs and plans.,
- Constructions Reconversion Études de cas.,
- Architecture 20e siècle Conservation et restauration.,
- Architecture 19e siècle Conservation et restauration.,
- Architecture 21e siècle Dessins et plans.,
- Architecture and Planning.,
- Architecture, Modern,
- Architecture, Modern Conservation and restoration,
- Buildings Remodeling for other use,
- Architektur Nutzungsänderung.,
- Nutzungsänderung Architektur.,
- Bauen im Bestand Geschichte 2001 ff.,
- Case studies,
- Architectural drawings,
- Études de cas.
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iii, 95 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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iii, 95 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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- Old age homes Canada Planning.,
- Older people Housing Canada.,
- Nursing homes Canada.,
- Old age homes.,
- Nursing homes.,
- Hospitals, Convalescent.,
- Barrier-free design.,
- Facility Design and Construction,
- Homes for the Aged,
- Nursing Homes,
- Architectural Accessibility,
- Foyers pour personnes âgées Canada Planification.,
- Établissements de soins, de cure, etc. Canada.,
- Foyers pour personnes âgées.,
- Établissements de soins, de cure, etc.,
- Accessibilité aux personnes handicapées.,
- homes for the aged.,
- retirement homes.,
- nursing homes.,
- barrier-free design.,
- Old age homes Planning,
- Older people Housing,
- Old age homes Design.,
- Nursing homes Design.,
- Barrier-free design for older people.,
- Older people Housing Design.,
- Older people Dwellings Design.,
- Canada
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[Ottawa] : CMHC, 1979.
[Ottawa] : CMHC, 1979.
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Nursing homes and hostels with care services for the elderly : design guidelines.
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iii, 95 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Nursing homes and hostels with care services for the elderly : design guidelines.
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[Ottawa] : CMHC, 1979.
[Ottawa] : CMHC, 1979.
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- Old age homes Canada Planning.,
- Older people Housing Canada.,
- Nursing homes Canada.,
- Old age homes.,
- Nursing homes.,
- Hospitals, Convalescent.,
- Barrier-free design.,
- Facility Design and Construction,
- Homes for the Aged,
- Nursing Homes,
- Architectural Accessibility,
- Foyers pour personnes âgées Canada Planification.,
- Établissements de soins, de cure, etc. Canada.,
- Foyers pour personnes âgées.,
- Établissements de soins, de cure, etc.,
- Accessibilité aux personnes handicapées.,
- homes for the aged.,
- retirement homes.,
- nursing homes.,
- barrier-free design.,
- Old age homes Planning,
- Older people Housing,
- Old age homes Design.,
- Nursing homes Design.,
- Barrier-free design for older people.,
- Older people Housing Design.,
- Older people Dwellings Design.,
- Canada
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xlix, 143 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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xlix, 143 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.
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The gray cloth : Paul Scheerbart's novel on glass architecture / introduced, translated, and with drawings by John A. Stuart.
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xlix, 143 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
The gray cloth : Paul Scheerbart's novel on glass architecture / introduced, translated, and with drawings by John A. Stuart.
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xlix, 143 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.
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x, 261 pages illustrations, plans 31 cm
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x, 261 pages illustrations, plans 31 cm
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- Older people Dwellings.,
- Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans.,
- Old age homes.,
- Homes for the Aged,
- Architecture domestique Dessins et plans.,
- Foyers pour personnes âgées.,
- retirement homes.,
- homes for the aged.,
- Architecture, Domestic,
- Older people Housing Western countries.,
- Older people Dwellings Western countries.,
- Older people Services for Western countries.,
- Old age homes Western countries.,
- Designs and plans.,
- Architectural drawings
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Amsterdam, New York, Published for Bouwcentrum, Rotterdam, and the Center for Housing and Environmental Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., by Elsevier Pub. Co., 1967.
Amsterdam, New York, Published for Bouwcentrum, Rotterdam, and the Center for Housing and Environmental Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., by Elsevier Pub. Co., 1967.
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Housing the aged in Western countries; programs, dwellings, homes, and geriatric facilities, by Glenn H. Beyer and F.H.J. Nierstrasz.
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x, 261 pages illustrations, plans 31 cm
Housing the aged in Western countries; programs, dwellings, homes, and geriatric facilities, by Glenn H. Beyer and F.H.J. Nierstrasz.
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Amsterdam, New York, Published for Bouwcentrum, Rotterdam, and the Center for Housing and Environmental Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., by Elsevier Pub. Co., 1967.
Amsterdam, New York, Published for Bouwcentrum, Rotterdam, and the Center for Housing and Environmental Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., by Elsevier Pub. Co., 1967.
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- Older people Dwellings.,
- Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans.,
- Old age homes.,
- Homes for the Aged,
- Architecture domestique Dessins et plans.,
- Foyers pour personnes âgées.,
- retirement homes.,
- homes for the aged.,
- Architecture, Domestic,
- Older people Housing Western countries.,
- Older people Dwellings Western countries.,
- Older people Services for Western countries.,
- Old age homes Western countries.,
- Designs and plans.,
- Architectural drawings
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159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2002.
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2002.
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Nanoarchitecture : a new species of architecture / by John M. Johansen ; introduction by Kevin C. Lippert ; design by COMA ; photography by Michael Moran.
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159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Nanoarchitecture : a new species of architecture / by John M. Johansen ; introduction by Kevin C. Lippert ; design by COMA ; photography by Michael Moran.
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159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2002.
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2002.
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Healthcare architecture in an era of radical transformation / Stephen Verderber, David J. Fine.
Healthcare architecture in an era of radical transformation / Stephen Verderber, David J. Fine.
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xii, 404 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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xii, 404 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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- Hospital architecture.,
- Health facilities Design and construction.,
- Facility Design and Construction trends,
- Hospital Design and Construction trends,
- Architecture as Topic trends,
- Hôpitaux Architecture.,
- Équipements sanitaires Conception et construction.,
- Architecture hospitalière.,
- hospitals (buildings for health facility),
- Krankenhausbau
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New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2000.
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2000.
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Healthcare architecture in an era of radical transformation / Stephen Verderber, David J. Fine.
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xii, 404 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Healthcare architecture in an era of radical transformation / Stephen Verderber, David J. Fine.
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xii, 404 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2000.
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2000.
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- Hospital architecture.,
- Health facilities Design and construction.,
- Facility Design and Construction trends,
- Hospital Design and Construction trends,
- Architecture as Topic trends,
- Hôpitaux Architecture.,
- Équipements sanitaires Conception et construction.,
- Architecture hospitalière.,
- hospitals (buildings for health facility),
- Krankenhausbau
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vi, 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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vi, 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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- Windsor Castle Conservation and restoration.,
- Windsor Castle.,
- Windsor Castle (Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Angleterre),
- Historic buildings Conservation and restoration England Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead),
- Interior architecture Conservation and restoration England Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead),
- Castles England Conservation and restoration.,
- Châteaux Angleterre Conservation et restauration.,
- Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration Angleterre Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead),
- Architecture intérieure Conservation et restauration Angleterre Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead),
- Castles Conservation and restoration,
- Buildings,
- Conservation and restoration,
- Historic buildings Conservation and restoration,
- Interior architecture Conservation and restoration,
- Restaurierung,
- London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- England,
- England London,
- England Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead)
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London : Michael Joseph in association with the Royal Collection, 1997.
London : Michael Joseph in association with the Royal Collection, 1997.
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Restoration : the rebuilding of Windsor Castle / Adam Nicolson.
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vi, 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Restoration : the rebuilding of Windsor Castle / Adam Nicolson.
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London : Michael Joseph in association with the Royal Collection, 1997.
London : Michael Joseph in association with the Royal Collection, 1997.
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- Windsor Castle Conservation and restoration.,
- Windsor Castle.,
- Windsor Castle (Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Angleterre),
- Historic buildings Conservation and restoration England Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead),
- Interior architecture Conservation and restoration England Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead),
- Castles England Conservation and restoration.,
- Châteaux Angleterre Conservation et restauration.,
- Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration Angleterre Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead),
- Architecture intérieure Conservation et restauration Angleterre Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead),
- Castles Conservation and restoration,
- Buildings,
- Conservation and restoration,
- Historic buildings Conservation and restoration,
- Interior architecture Conservation and restoration,
- Restaurierung,
- London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- England,
- England London,
- England Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead)
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In American popular imagination, the mobile home evokes images of cramped interiors, cheap materials, and occupants too poor or unsavory to live anywhere else. Since the 1940s and '50s, however, mobile home manufacturers have improved standards of construction and now present them as an affordable alternative to conventional site-built homes. Today one of every fourteen(...)
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In American popular imagination, the mobile home evokes images of cramped interiors, cheap materials, and occupants too poor or unsavory to live anywhere else. Since the 1940s and '50s, however, mobile home manufacturers have improved standards of construction and now present them as an affordable alternative to conventional site-built homes. Today one of every fourteen(...)
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Mobile Houses
Mobile Houses
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January 1900, Baltimore
January 1900, Baltimore
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The unknown world of the mobile home
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In American popular imagination, the mobile home evokes images of cramped interiors, cheap materials, and occupants too poor or unsavory to live anywhere else. Since the 1940s and '50s, however, mobile home manufacturers have improved standards of construction and now present them as an affordable alternative to conventional site-built homes. Today one of every fourteen Americans lives in a mobile home. In "The Unknown World of the Mobile Home" authors John Fraser Hart, Michelle J. Rhodes, and John T. Morgan illuminate the history and culture of these often misunderstood domiciles. They describe early mobile homes, which were trailers designed to be pulled behind automobiles and which were more often than not poorly constructed and unequal to the needs of those who used them. During the 1970s, however, Congress enacted federal standards for the quality and safety of mobile homes, which led to innovation in design and the production of much more attractive and durable models. These models now comply with local building codes and many are designed to look like conventional houses. As a result, one out every five new single-family housing units purchased in the United States is a mobile home, sited everywhere from the conventional trailer park to custom-designed "estates" aimed at young couples and retirees. Despite all these changes in manufacture and design, even the most immobile mobile homes are still sold, financed, regulated, and taxed as vehicles. With a wealth of detail and illustrations, "The Unknown World of the Mobile Home" provides readers with an in-depth look into this variation on the American dream.
The unknown world of the mobile home
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In American popular imagination, the mobile home evokes images of cramped interiors, cheap materials, and occupants too poor or unsavory to live anywhere else. Since the 1940s and '50s, however, mobile home manufacturers have improved standards of construction and now present them as an affordable alternative to conventional site-built homes. Today one of every fourteen Americans lives in a mobile home. In "The Unknown World of the Mobile Home" authors John Fraser Hart, Michelle J. Rhodes, and John T. Morgan illuminate the history and culture of these often misunderstood domiciles. They describe early mobile homes, which were trailers designed to be pulled behind automobiles and which were more often than not poorly constructed and unequal to the needs of those who used them. During the 1970s, however, Congress enacted federal standards for the quality and safety of mobile homes, which led to innovation in design and the production of much more attractive and durable models. These models now comply with local building codes and many are designed to look like conventional houses. As a result, one out every five new single-family housing units purchased in the United States is a mobile home, sited everywhere from the conventional trailer park to custom-designed "estates" aimed at young couples and retirees. Despite all these changes in manufacture and design, even the most immobile mobile homes are still sold, financed, regulated, and taxed as vehicles. With a wealth of detail and illustrations, "The Unknown World of the Mobile Home" provides readers with an in-depth look into this variation on the American dream.
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January 1900, Baltimore
January 1900, Baltimore
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Mobile Houses
Mobile Houses
