Quonset huts yesterday and today -- book and exhibition

By at 11:34 pm Saturday, Dec 3

Prefab Quonset huts -- which Buckminster Fuller helped design -- were a staple of WWII logistics, a city for any climate that you could erect in a day. After the war, surplus Quonsets became ubiquitous in American architecture, being converted to houses, churches, and places of work. The Anchorage, Alaska Museum of History and Art is staging an exhibition of Quonsets past and present and has released a book to commemorate it. Link (via BLDG Blog) (Thanks, KnowAngel!)

Cory Doctorow

Upcoming appearances

* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference

Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)

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