Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Maison Tropicale
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Accession Number:
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108059
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Order Title:
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Home Delivery, MoMA (107973-108159)
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Type of View:
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drawing / sketch
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View Title:
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view of rear elevation and ground-level plan
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Image Rights:
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copyrighted
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Source Institution:
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NCSU Libraries
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Collection:
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Design Library Image Collection
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Culture:
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French
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Subject:
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buildings, prefabricated
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Subject:
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double-framed roofs
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Subject:
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prefabrication
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Subject:
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natural ventilation
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Subject:
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housing (concept)
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Subject:
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offices (work spaces)
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Work Types:
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Architecture; dwellings; houses; prefabricated houses
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Preferred Title:
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Maison Tropicale
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Agent Display:
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Jean Prouve (French architect, 1901-1984)
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Date:
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1951 (creation)
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Materials:
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folded, sheet steel portal frame with fixed and sliding aluminum wall panels; adjustable aluminum sunscreen around the veranda; blue glass portholes
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Locations:
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Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo
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Location Type:
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(current)
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Locations:
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Niamey, Niamey, Niger
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Location Type:
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(creation)
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Style/Period:
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Modernist
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Classification:
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Architecture
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