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The Aluminaire House looks to Sunnyside Gardens as its possible new home
Kocher and Frey built The Aluminaire House in 1931 for an exhibit in New York City. The House became an exemplary prototype of modern building forms and techniques, and addressed issues of available affordable housing in New York neighborhoods. The Aluminaire House was mostly built from aluminum parts, which were donated by the manufacturers. A drawn representation describing the Aluminaire House as 'the Home of the Future'. Three different perspectives of where the restored Aluminaire House and the adjacent residential building at the corner of 39th Ave and 50th Street in Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, New York. The Aluminaire House on the NYIT campus.

Three different perspectives of where the restored Aluminaire House and the adjacent residential building at the corner of 39th Ave and 50th Street in Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, New York.
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Three different perspectives of where the restored Aluminaire House and the adjacent residential building at the corner of 39th Ave and 50th Street in Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, New York.