2024-11-23T08:06:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/77916707/the-aluminaire-house-looks-to-sunnyside-gardens-as-its-possible-new-home Justine Testado 2013-07-25T18:31:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dc/dcseascejylp6eup.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey built the Aluminaire House in 1931 for an exhibition in New York City mostly out of mass-produced building materials donated by manufacturers. The project became recognized as an exemplary prototype of modern building forms and techniques at the time, while also introducing the idea of mass production and affordable home building in highly populated neighborhoods, a pressing issue that remains today. Over time, the Aluminaire House has been bought, relocated, redesigned, faced past threats of demolition, and even vandalized.<br><br> As explained in the press release below, the non-profit Aluminaire House Foundation, which was established to preserve the House, is currently aiming to relocate the structure to Sunnyside Gardens in Queens where it will be reconstructed to its original purpose for the first time since it was built.</p> <p> <em>The following article was submitted to us by Michel Schwarting...</em><br><br><strong>Aluminaire&nbsp; house&nbsp; foundation,&nbsp; inc.<br> 150-3&nbsp; east main street&nbsp; ...</strong></p>