The balloon-frame construction system was developed in the United States in the 1830s. Widely used in residential and other small-scale construction for a century, it was replaced by platform framing, which allowed for the use of smaller wood studs. Both systems rely on readily available timber elements.Courtesy Library of Congress, prints and photographs division. Farm security administration/office of war information black and white negatives
Kate Wagner spoke with the curators of the U.S. Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale about broader issues of labor, democracy, and suburbia.
Editor’s note: As of early March, The 17th International Architecture Exhibition has been postponed and rescheduled to run from August 29 to November 2020.
Cite: Kate Wagner. "Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner on American Framing" 17 Apr 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/937590/paul-andersen-and-paul-preissner-on-american-framing> ISSN 0719-8884
