$68.00 (Hardcover book / Princeton Archit. Pr / ISBN:9781568987095)
Leisurama Now: The Beach House For Everyone 1964
Who doesn't dream of owning a second home at the beach? Well, in the early 1960s, it was a snap even for the working class. For as little as $590 down and $73 a month, you could walk into Macy's and leave with a fully furnished house. All you needed to move in was a key and some groceries. Each house came complete with furniture, appliances, a 45-piece Melmac dinner service, plastic glasses, and fifty pieces of stainless-steel flatware, plus towels, napkins, placemats, beds, pillows and sheets, even toothbrushes. The homes also promised low maintenance with redwood siding and interior paneling that never needed painting and had lifetime guarantees. In Leisurama, author Paul Sahre uncovers the mystery of this legendary slice of architectural Americana and lovingly documents its forty-year history with a treasure trove of text, photographs, historical documentation, and oral histories. Two hundred and fifty Leisurama houses were built at Culloden Shores in Montauk, Long Island. Most of the homes have since been converted to year-round occupancy, and with very few exceptions, all have been enlarged and redecorated, while the once barren shore is now forested. In a sweet paradox, these once very affordable homes that were looked down upon by more well-to-do neighbors are now desirable and expensive, even "collectable." Their rich legacy lives on in the affordable pages of Leisurama.
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Patterns 2: New Design, Art and Architecture
$140.00 (Hardcover book / Birkhauser )
With more than ten thousand copies sold of Patterns in Design, Art and Architecture, now comes Patterns 2, the new volume of the successful pattern book. Once again, the publication presents extraordinary works by leadin... More »
Performances: 1971 to 2008
$199.00 (Hardcover book / Black Inc )
Mike Parr is Australia’s most significant performance artist. His contribution to the development and establishment of performance art in Australia remains continuous and resolute. Parr’s dedication and research into the... More »
Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories
$49.95 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press )
Jon Cattapan: Possible Histories traces Cattapan's art from his student days to the present. Beginning with the Dadaist grotesquerie and surrealist erotica of Melbourne's 1970s punk scene, it traces Cattapan's themes of ... More »
Leisurama Now: The Beach House For Everyone 1964
$68.00 (Hardcover book / Princeton Archit. Pr )
Who doesn't dream of owning a second home at the beach? Well, in the early 1960s, it was a snap even for the working class. For as little as $590 down and $73 a month, you could walk into Macy's and leave with a fully fu... More »
Formulas For Now
$39.95 (Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson )
Imagine if the whole of life were reducible to a single formula. The results are not just unexpected but as weird and as wonderful as life itself. Many of the most creative and original minds of our time - more than a hu... More »
Australian House
$50.00 (Paperback book / Pesaro Publishing )
A fresh new approach to Australian architecture… The Australian House features 46 recent houses by Australia’s best architects.
These spectacular and provocative houses point to the way of the future… for living in t... More »