Aluminaire House
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The Aluminaire House was designed as a case study by architects A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey in 1931 for the New York Architectural League Show at the Museum of Modern Art
. The three-story house, made of donated materials and built in ten days, was the first all-metal house in the United States. After the show the house was sold to architect Wallace K. Harrison, who disassembled it and moved it to his Long Island estate
, where it became the core of an extensive complex. By 1940 the so-called "Tin House" was once again disassembled and moved to another portion of the property, where it became a guest house.
The property was subdivided by new buyers in the 1980s who planned to demolish the Aluminaire House, but agreed to donate the house to the New York Institute of Technology
, which reassembled the house on the school's Central Islip campus. The property is to be transferred to a trust dedicated to its maintenance.
The 1200 square feet (111.5 m²) house is roughly cubic in shape, resting on six columns, with five rooms. Exterior walls consist of corrugated metal sheathing backed by waterproof paper over a structure of two-inch steel angles. The interior finish is thin insulation board covered with fabric.
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
. The three-story house, made of donated materials and built in ten days, was the first all-metal house in the United States. After the show the house was sold to architect Wallace K. Harrison, who disassembled it and moved it to his Long Island estate
Wallace K. Harrison Estate
Wallace K. Harrison Estate is a historic estate located at West Hills in Suffolk County, New York, the home of architect Wallace K. Harrison of the New York firm Harrison & Abramovitz.. The estate home is a rambling, one story flat roofed concrete main house with a two story circular living room...
, where it became the core of an extensive complex. By 1940 the so-called "Tin House" was once again disassembled and moved to another portion of the property, where it became a guest house.
The property was subdivided by new buyers in the 1980s who planned to demolish the Aluminaire House, but agreed to donate the house to the New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational research university in New York City. NYIT has five schools and two colleges, all with a strong emphasis on technology and applied scientific research...
, which reassembled the house on the school's Central Islip campus. The property is to be transferred to a trust dedicated to its maintenance.
The 1200 square feet (111.5 m²) house is roughly cubic in shape, resting on six columns, with five rooms. Exterior walls consist of corrugated metal sheathing backed by waterproof paper over a structure of two-inch steel angles. The interior finish is thin insulation board covered with fabric.