Virginia Savage McAlester’s Field Guide to American Houses asserts that houses in this form led to a theory of “interior spatial planning” that separated quiet and noisy living areas and sleeping areas. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this form of American house that comes in “bi-” and “tri-” subtypes. This form of house features partial flights of stairs like those used by the family on The Brady Bunch.
ANSWER: split-level house [accept bi-level split or tri-level split]
[10e] In the 1950s, the lower level of tri-level splits were turned into TV rooms and these structures. Ranch-style houses often feature front-facing, vertically-opening metal doors for entry into these structures.
ANSWER: garages [accept attached garage]
[10h] McAlester asserts that the first bi-level split design was a prefab Massachusetts house built using this architect’s modular Techbuilt system. This domestic modernist proposed a form of industrial housing in his book At Home with Tomorrow.
ANSWER: Carl Koch
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