Post #641093 by Atomic Tiki Punk on Wed, Jun 20, 2012 2:06 AM

Just for a little context, Here is a little info on the origin of the A-Frame in modern Architecture:

"Architect Andrew Geller turned the old idea of the A-frame into a new fashion in 1955 when he built an A-frame house on the beach in Long Island, New York; it is known as the Reese House. Named for the distinctive shape of its roofline, Geller's design won international attention when it was featured in The New York Times on May 5, 1957. Before long, thousands of A-frame homes were being built around the world."

"In the mid-1930s, Austrian-born architect Rudolph Schindler designed a simple A-frame vacation house in a resort community overlooking Lake Arrowhead in California. Built for Gisela Bennati, Schindler's A-frame Bennati House had an open floor plan with exposed rafters and glass-walled gables.

Fifteen years later, other builders explored the A-frame shape, constructing landmark examples and variations of the form. In 1950, San Francisco designer John Carden Campbell won acclaim for his modernist "Leisure House" made of smooth plywood with all-white interiors. Campbell's A-frame houses spread via do-it-yourself kits and plans."

None of these ideas originated in the genre of modern Tiki, So Sven may have more info here, Who brought the two idea's together?
The presumption here is if it has an A-Frame it is Tiki, This is inaccurate & why I am posing some argument on this thread.

[ Edited by: Atomic Tiki Punk 2012-06-20 02:12 ]