Leisurama Now:
The Beach House for Everyone, 1964-______
2008, book design
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
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The houses came in two basic models. The smaller version, the Convertible was basically a studio: 730 square feet of open plan with a sofa bed and a folddown “Phantom” or Murphy Bed. A folding mahogany screen allowed the owner to divide the “living room” from the “study.” The larger model, the Expanded Convertible, was 950 square feet, supposedly capable of sleeping eight, and included two or more bathrooms. (Ooh, the luxury! The apartment back in Brooklyn only had one toilet.) There was also a slightly larger, 1,200-square-foot model, the Villa, that was originally planned as a rental suite, but this idea proved unpopular and only four were built. -William Morgan, from the book

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