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In 1987, while researching a book on Frey, the author, educator, and architect Joseph Rosa found the long-lost house. By then, the building was in extremely poor condition.
The Aluminaire House is a three-story house designed as a case study by architects A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey in April 1931. Made of donated materials and built in ten days, it was the first all-metal house in the United States.
Albert Frey (/ ˈ f r eɪ / FRAY; October 18, 1903 – November 14, 1998) was a Swiss-born architect who established a style of modernist architecture centered on Palm Springs, California, United States, that came to be known as "desert modernism".
Buildings designed by Albert Frey (1903−1998) — a Swiss−American Modernist architect, based in Southern California. Pages in category "Albert Frey buildings" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Albert Frey may refer to: Albert Frey (architect) (1903–1998), American architect; Albert Frey (SS officer) (1913–2003), commander 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment;
A metal roof is a roofing system featuring metal pieces or tiles exhibiting corrosion resistance, impermeability to water, and long life. It is a component of the building envelope . The metal pieces may be a covering on a structural, non-waterproof roof, or they could be self-supporting sheets.
Stone coated metal roofing was refined during and after World War II in the United Kingdom, when the government requested materials that would protect corrugated steel roofs from the harsh climate. A coating of bitumen and subsequent covering by sand , stone or other materials proved effective at protecting the metal roofs and serving as ...
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