This house was designed by the Swiss-born architect Albert Frey for his friend A. Lawrence Kocher, being located in Northport, Suffolk County, New York. It was based in a previous project made by him for an experimental weekend house. The house had three floors: the ground floor was used to park up to two cars, being free and open due to the use of steel beams to support the house. The first floor was accessed by a spiral staircase on the back of the house and had an open space configuration at its interior, with curtains that moved through a rail system and could be used to divide the space. The top floor was the house’s rooftop, being accessed by the same spiral staircase as the first floor.
As the name indicates, this house was made of canvas. Marine canvas was stretched horizontally over a redwood frame, insulated with aluminum foil, and nailed, painted & sealed. The house had to be resealed every three years. From the information I could gather online, it seems that the house stood until the 1950s, when it was demolished to give way for a housing project.
joaoslr says
This house was designed by the Swiss-born architect Albert Frey for his friend A. Lawrence Kocher, being located in Northport, Suffolk County, New York. It was based in a previous project made by him for an experimental weekend house. The house had three floors: the ground floor was used to park up to two cars, being free and open due to the use of steel beams to support the house. The first floor was accessed by a spiral staircase on the back of the house and had an open space configuration at its interior, with curtains that moved through a rail system and could be used to divide the space. The top floor was the house’s rooftop, being accessed by the same spiral staircase as the first floor.
As the name indicates, this house was made of canvas. Marine canvas was stretched horizontally over a redwood frame, insulated with aluminum foil, and nailed, painted & sealed. The house had to be resealed every three years. From the information I could gather online, it seems that the house stood until the 1950s, when it was demolished to give way for a housing project.
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Crossposted from /r/ModernistArchitecture
pliskie says
Just whatever you do, don’t drive into any of the supports.