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Quonset Hut: Metal Living for a Modern Age

By Julie Decker , Chris Chiei (auth.) , Chris Chiei (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Princeton Archit.Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9781568985190, 9781568986548
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18651476 bytes)
Pages
\182
Time added
2020-08-30 06:11:09
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Description

How the Hut Came to Be....Pages 1-29 Quonsets, Alaska, and World War II....Pages 31-45 War, Design, and Weapons of Mass Construction....Pages 47-61 After the War: Quonset Huts and Their Integration Into Daily American Life....Pages 63-103 The Huts That Wouldn’t Go Away: Alaska Adopts the Hut....Pages 105-131 Quonsets Today: Concluding Thoughts....Pages 133-147

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