Author: William Monroe ShenkelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Unfinished But Habitable Home
Author: William Monroe ShenkelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Unfinished But Habitable Home
Author: William M. ShenkelBuilding a Market
Author: Richard HarrisPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226317684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
A unique study of how the American Dream came to be—and came to be constantly updated and renovated: ”A pleasure to read.”—American Historical Review Each year, North Americans spend as much money fixing up their homes as they do buying new ones. This obsession with improving our dwellings has given rise to a multibillion-dollar industry that includes countless books, magazines, cable shows, and home improvement stores. Building a Market charts the rise of the home improvement industry in the United States and Canada from the end of World War I into the late 1950s. Drawing on the insights of business, social, and urban historians, and making use of a wide range of documentary sources, Richard Harris shows how the middle-class preference for home ownership first emerged in the 1920s—and how manufacturers, retailers, and the federal government combined to establish the massive home improvement market and a pervasive culture of Do-It-Yourself. Deeply insightful, Building a Market is the carefully crafted history of the emergence and evolution of a home improvement revolution that changed not just American culture but the American landscape as well. “An important topic that deserves to be widely read by scholars of business history, urban history, and social history.”—Journal of American History
Housing Markets
Author: Housing and Planning References
Author: Bibliography on Housing, Building and Planning for Use of Overseas Missions of the United States Agency for International Development
Author: United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, Cumulative Index
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1504
Book Description
Housing Demand: Mobile, Modular, Or Conventional?
Author: Harold A. DavidsonPublisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Design for Adaptability in Mass Housing
Author: Guopeng LiPublisher: Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA
ISBN: 1618969870
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Before discussing the research itself in greater depth, it is beneficial at this stage to introduce the background to the research. To do so, the chapter is divided into four parts. The first part of the chapter summarises terminologies associated with adaptability, and goes on to define and elaborate on the meaning of adaptability in this research study. The second part of this chapter defines mass housing; the development of mass housing and its problems are also illustrated. In the third part, as the key solution for addressing housing occupants’ requirements and accommodating changes, the importance of adaptability in improving overall housing quality, particularly from a social, financial, and environmental point of view, is outlined. The sustainability of adaptability is also discussed. Even though studies of adaptability have been developed structurally, functionally, technically and financially, adaptability still occupies a marginal position due to the production of mass housing. The final part of the chapter rethinks the notion of adaptability for mass housing. Factors of mass housing related to social, financial, technical and design issues and which address adaptability are explored. Lastly, it is revealed that the design aspect of adaptability is chosen as the research focus in this research study.