By the end of the 1930s, Depression-weary Americans were confronted with a housing shortage and skyrocketing prices. Norman Bel Geddes, perpetually optimistic, viewed the precarious geopolitical climate as a ripe opportunity to reshape domestic architecture. With a housing crisis, economic depression, and looming entrance into a world war, Bel Geddes… read more
In The Galleries: Bel Geddes’s Modular Homes
Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: “Expand-a-House, Housing Corporation of America, I have seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America, Norman Bel Geddes, prefabrication, Revere Copper and Brass, Saturday Evening Post, Works Progress Administration