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Office of:
Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this
Draftsman:
Earl E. Hoyt Jr., American, born 1936  Search this
Client:
Union Carbide Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA, founded 1917  Search this
Medium:
Cello-Tak, pen and black ink on white paper laid down
Dimensions:
29 x 49 cm (11 7/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
support 30.5 x 50.8
Type:
architecture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
New York, NY, USA
Date:
1962
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Design for prefabricated house: mechanical drawing. Exploded exterior perspective indicates application of roof to prefab module. At center, house consisting of four bays rests on four corner foundation stones with platform; its front and side walls rise up (the former with a door, the latter a window) and are capped by 5-sided rooving. The right-most roof panel shown poised above structure with dotted lines indicating placement.
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald Deskey
Accession Number:
1988-101-1715
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/kq41ea00043-ba8e-4e06-a030-eb3a6b7dd558
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1988-101-1715