Archinect - News2024-05-07T17:51:33-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/76600954/thomas-edison-s-patent-for-the-construction-of-all-concrete-houses
Thomas Edison's patent for the construction of all-concrete houses Archinect2013-07-08T15:42:00-04:00>2013-07-15T18:16:04-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d5/d551e9926394a602fce38b056db4872a?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Edison’s idea: a house that could be built with one pour of cement. The process could eliminate not only the traditional work of erecting walls and roof but also much of the labor involved in finishing the interiors. Given the right mold, “stairs, mantels, ornamental ceilings, and other interior decorations and fixtures” would all be formed by the same giant piece of concrete.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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