Architecture
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
8' Microhouse with Wood Panels at UIC
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_16_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Article on Freshman Microenvironments from UIC Circle Report
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_23_05
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
Groveland notes and UIC purchase order
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_27_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
Inflated Air House Has Rounded Top With Brick Walls in Background
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_71_08_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Kenneth Dale Isaacs Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2021-01
Abstract
A graduate and former head of the Design Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 1950s, Ken Isaacs was an American designer, author and educator best known for his portable, customizable Living Structures and Microhouses. He claimed his design philosophy was influenced more by anthropologists than by architects. Moving from place to place and working with commonly available building materials were experiences in Isaacs’ own childhood and capabilities that he prioritized in his designs....
Dates:
1900 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1945 - 2016
Students Build House Frame at University of Illinois Chicago, with Skyscrapers in Background
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_72_18_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05