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Office of:
Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this
Client:
Union Carbide Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA, founded 1917  Search this
Medium:
Graphite, brown and gray marker on tracing paper
Dimensions:
35.5 x 43 cm (14 x 16 15/16 in.)
Type:
architecture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
New York, NY, USA
Date:
1962
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Design for a prefabricated modular house: three exterior elevations and one perspective. At upper right, perspective shows trapezoidal structure poised above the ground, supported by steel rods that run up sloped sides and terminate on ground in square-plan feet. At front, two-part window bay; four additional modules, the third of which is right-angled with a door toward rear. At upper left, side elevation; lower left; door wall elevation; at lower right, rear elevation showing figure within and three steps leading from door to ground level.
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald Deskey
Accession Number:
1988-101-1589
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b831f90b-5961-498e-8cc6-99d290ee7a31
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1988-101-1589