A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Presenting a cultural history of the platform frame, this article explores its codification and commodification by the mid-twentieth century in relation to changing technology and to a shifting landscape of residential development. In addition to its promotion by government agencies, platform framing was complementary to the development of mass production and consumption in house construction. Rows of new houses can be seen in parallel with newly standardized and marketed lumber products like plywood. But pure commodification was tempered by appeals to the American dream of homeownership, partly propagated through myths about the nineteenth-century invention of the balloon frame.
Presenting a cultural history of the platform frame, this article explores its codification and commodification by the mid-twentieth century in relation to changing technology and to a shifting landscape of residential development. In addition to its promotion by government agencies, platform framing was complementary to the development of mass production and consumption in house construction. Rows of new houses can be seen in parallel with newly standardized and marketed lumber products like plywood. But pure commodification was tempered by appeals to the American dream of homeownership, partly propagated through myths about the nineteenth-century invention of the balloon frame.
Framing the American Dream
Monteyne, David (author)
Journal of Architectural Education ; 58 ; 24-33
2004-09-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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