Construction Techniques Survey in Palestinian Territories
... This type of wall is associated with simple stone continuous foundation system. This type of wall is used for all types of buildings such as housing, commercial, farmhouses, convents and monasteries. The building materials used for this type of wall was stones, unfired bricks, earth, wood and pebble ...
... This type of wall is associated with simple stone continuous foundation system. This type of wall is used for all types of buildings such as housing, commercial, farmhouses, convents and monasteries. The building materials used for this type of wall was stones, unfired bricks, earth, wood and pebble ...
Appendix 11.1 Declared Monuments and Graded Historic Buildings
... resembling the Chinese character ao (凹), meaning ‘indented’. The shape is like an indented container called aodou (凹斗) in Chinese. The units of the houses are called doulang. The entrance of the house is at the recessed bay. Behind it is the courtyard flanked by two side chambers, one on either side ...
... resembling the Chinese character ao (凹), meaning ‘indented’. The shape is like an indented container called aodou (凹斗) in Chinese. The units of the houses are called doulang. The entrance of the house is at the recessed bay. Behind it is the courtyard flanked by two side chambers, one on either side ...
Manti City Walking Tour
... This original milestone home was built in the 1850’s and was expanded on the north side sometime before 1888. John and his wife, Sarah raised eight children here. One of their daughters, Olive, married the renowned photographer George Edward Anderson. Mr. Lowry worked as an Indian interpreter. He ha ...
... This original milestone home was built in the 1850’s and was expanded on the north side sometime before 1888. John and his wife, Sarah raised eight children here. One of their daughters, Olive, married the renowned photographer George Edward Anderson. Mr. Lowry worked as an Indian interpreter. He ha ...
INFORMATION 83 - British Brick Society
... century. The intention is to complete the survey of Britain with an article in most, but not all, of the issues of British Brick Society Information due to be issued between now and the latter part of 2003 before moving on to other countries. Three points need to be made about the series. The articl ...
... century. The intention is to complete the survey of Britain with an article in most, but not all, of the issues of British Brick Society Information due to be issued between now and the latter part of 2003 before moving on to other countries. Three points need to be made about the series. The articl ...
brick buildings in early nineteenth-century
... later carve the capitals for the two doorways of the Portsmouth Academy building. The chief joiner of the insurance office, soon to emerge not only as the “head of his craft” in Portsmouth but also as an inventive designer of local structures, including the Portsmouth Academy building, was James Nut ...
... later carve the capitals for the two doorways of the Portsmouth Academy building. The chief joiner of the insurance office, soon to emerge not only as the “head of his craft” in Portsmouth but also as an inventive designer of local structures, including the Portsmouth Academy building, was James Nut ...
Shifting Styles: The Greek Architectural Orders in the Early Classical
... Agora, likewise shows a difference in carving between the two sides.40 Here, too, the eggs of the echinus are blocked out on one face and fully executed on the other. The canalis and corner palmettes are more rudimentary on the former face and the volute eyes are carved as smooth disks as opposed to ...
... Agora, likewise shows a difference in carving between the two sides.40 Here, too, the eggs of the echinus are blocked out on one face and fully executed on the other. The canalis and corner palmettes are more rudimentary on the former face and the volute eyes are carved as smooth disks as opposed to ...
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... • A dome can be thought of as an arch which has been rotated around its central vertical axis. • Thus domes, like arches, have a great deal of structural strength when properly built and can span large open spaces without interior supports. Figure32: Residential masonary dome Ref: njarchitect.wordpr ...
... • A dome can be thought of as an arch which has been rotated around its central vertical axis. • Thus domes, like arches, have a great deal of structural strength when properly built and can span large open spaces without interior supports. Figure32: Residential masonary dome Ref: njarchitect.wordpr ...
and “Gaioleiros” buildings - Técnico Lisboa
... • Presentation of 5 case studies from the period under study 6. Conclusions and Future Developments • ReZlection on the aims achieved and suggestions for future studies ...
... • Presentation of 5 case studies from the period under study 6. Conclusions and Future Developments • ReZlection on the aims achieved and suggestions for future studies ...
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... manner, they form a homogeneous mass, which can withstand forces without disintegration. This mass of the structure, so made by the use of bricks is called "Brick Masonry" or simply "Brick work". Bricks are of uniform size and shape, light in weight, durable, fire resistant, have high resale value, ...
... manner, they form a homogeneous mass, which can withstand forces without disintegration. This mass of the structure, so made by the use of bricks is called "Brick Masonry" or simply "Brick work". Bricks are of uniform size and shape, light in weight, durable, fire resistant, have high resale value, ...
The Architecture of the Imperial Cult in the Agoras of the Greek cities
... god Mars, a cult which played an important role in the imperial ideology 21. However in the light of new information even this correlation is doubtful. The temple, as Pausanias accurately described (1.8.4), seems to have housed the joint cult of Ares and Athena, a reference more to the classical pas ...
... god Mars, a cult which played an important role in the imperial ideology 21. However in the light of new information even this correlation is doubtful. The temple, as Pausanias accurately described (1.8.4), seems to have housed the joint cult of Ares and Athena, a reference more to the classical pas ...
Masonry Construction Magazine: Load Bearing Masonry Rises High
... For the side curtain walls (Figure 1), a standard plate was precast into the top surface of the adjacent plank every 40 inches, coinciding with the vertical rebar in the brick wall. To connect the brick to the plank, a bricklayer bolted 3-inch-long steel angles to a bond beam in the brick wall at th ...
... For the side curtain walls (Figure 1), a standard plate was precast into the top surface of the adjacent plank every 40 inches, coinciding with the vertical rebar in the brick wall. To connect the brick to the plank, a bricklayer bolted 3-inch-long steel angles to a bond beam in the brick wall at th ...
Designation Listing Selection Guide: Domestic 1: Vernacular Houses
... considerable local variation in where and when such changes took place, sufficient variation indeed for the idea of a Great Rebuilding to be almost – but not quite – discarded: it remains the case that in the century either side of 1600 most parts of England saw a general transformation in the type ...
... considerable local variation in where and when such changes took place, sufficient variation indeed for the idea of a Great Rebuilding to be almost – but not quite – discarded: it remains the case that in the century either side of 1600 most parts of England saw a general transformation in the type ...
vaulted cellars, yorkersgate
... The underside of this timber has been chamfered to form a simple, shallow arch the width of the stone stair, and has rebates cut into either side that may have held earlier door jambs. However, there are similar rebates evident along the length of this timber, including in sections embedded in the m ...
... The underside of this timber has been chamfered to form a simple, shallow arch the width of the stone stair, and has rebates cut into either side that may have held earlier door jambs. However, there are similar rebates evident along the length of this timber, including in sections embedded in the m ...
Seismic Pushover Analysis of `Gaioleiro` Buildings in Lisbon
... URM buildings are composed by plane structural elements: exterior and interior masonry walls and horizontal floor diaphragms. The internal structure (walls and floors) varies with the region and construction period. While, the walls are the resistant elements for both vertical and horizontal loads, ...
... URM buildings are composed by plane structural elements: exterior and interior masonry walls and horizontal floor diaphragms. The internal structure (walls and floors) varies with the region and construction period. While, the walls are the resistant elements for both vertical and horizontal loads, ...
samothrace: fourth preliminary report
... the main area of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods 2 and concentrated chiefly on the two areas in which we had worked during the previous year: the regions of the great rotunda dedicated by Queen Arsinoe and of the so-called New Temple. The results of the campaign were again gratifying. They have cons ...
... the main area of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods 2 and concentrated chiefly on the two areas in which we had worked during the previous year: the regions of the great rotunda dedicated by Queen Arsinoe and of the so-called New Temple. The results of the campaign were again gratifying. They have cons ...
From Party to Ritual to Ruin in Minoan Crete - the Spatial
... arrangement which reciprocally materialised, perpetuated and intensified the socio-political complexity, up to a degree that could eventually have precipitated the disintegration of societal cohesion. ...
... arrangement which reciprocally materialised, perpetuated and intensified the socio-political complexity, up to a degree that could eventually have precipitated the disintegration of societal cohesion. ...
The structural development of masonry domes in India
... at the Qutb site in Delhi were constructed by captured masons using stones from the remains of the twcntyseven demolished Hindu and Jain temples. New stonework was used for the extension to the mosque, shaped into rectangular blocks and laid horizontally with the corbelled edges cut back to form the ...
... at the Qutb site in Delhi were constructed by captured masons using stones from the remains of the twcntyseven demolished Hindu and Jain temples. New stonework was used for the extension to the mosque, shaped into rectangular blocks and laid horizontally with the corbelled edges cut back to form the ...
Winter Brick Bulletin 2013
... faience (glazed terracotta) became popular in the mid-nineteenth-century as a means of mass producing ornamented architectural stone. Far from artificial, terracotta and faience were soon expressed as materials in their own right, as evidenced by the decorative facades of Britain’s grand municipal ...
... faience (glazed terracotta) became popular in the mid-nineteenth-century as a means of mass producing ornamented architectural stone. Far from artificial, terracotta and faience were soon expressed as materials in their own right, as evidenced by the decorative facades of Britain’s grand municipal ...
The Tower of Babel: archaeology, history and cuneiform
... and Wetzel identified the mantle as the work of Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II, and the core as the work of Esarhaddon or a previous builder. Careful survey and measurement of the ruined infrastructure led Schmid to identify the remains of three successive buildings, not two. The oldest structur ...
... and Wetzel identified the mantle as the work of Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II, and the core as the work of Esarhaddon or a previous builder. Careful survey and measurement of the ruined infrastructure led Schmid to identify the remains of three successive buildings, not two. The oldest structur ...
Read full article - Scientific Papers Series “Management, Economic
... Concrete (AAC) are the most common materials on the Romanian market when it comes to building a house. Although these two materials have been on the market for years, most manufacturers still use them because of the advantages presented in time by houses constructed out of them. Brick or AAC homes h ...
... Concrete (AAC) are the most common materials on the Romanian market when it comes to building a house. Although these two materials have been on the market for years, most manufacturers still use them because of the advantages presented in time by houses constructed out of them. Brick or AAC homes h ...
RICS Cracking Factsheet
... a building moves in a downward type direction, this is usually described as 'Subsidence'. There are many differing causes of subsidence, for example mining subsidence occurs in numerous parts of the country near to or over former mining shafts. Subsidence caused by clay soils is also a common proble ...
... a building moves in a downward type direction, this is usually described as 'Subsidence'. There are many differing causes of subsidence, for example mining subsidence occurs in numerous parts of the country near to or over former mining shafts. Subsidence caused by clay soils is also a common proble ...
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... of the stone. Loosened stone particles accumulate within the lower layer but get lost completely upon removal of the microorganisms from the surface (Gadd, G. M., 2007). But the worst biodeterioration agent is man himself. Not considering catastrophic events such as wars, there are plenty of other e ...
... of the stone. Loosened stone particles accumulate within the lower layer but get lost completely upon removal of the microorganisms from the surface (Gadd, G. M., 2007). But the worst biodeterioration agent is man himself. Not considering catastrophic events such as wars, there are plenty of other e ...
Flight Details Day 1 Kuala Lumpur BeiJing ~ TianAnMen Square
... Haihe River, is located in Nankai district of Tianjin. Covering an area of 224,200 sq meters, it used to be one of earliest water transport docklands in Tianjin where is one of the busiest cities of commerce and trade in history. As a cultural precinct, Tianjin Ancient Culture Street is well known b ...
... Haihe River, is located in Nankai district of Tianjin. Covering an area of 224,200 sq meters, it used to be one of earliest water transport docklands in Tianjin where is one of the busiest cities of commerce and trade in history. As a cultural precinct, Tianjin Ancient Culture Street is well known b ...
building materials in south building materials in south
... with the assistance of the organic architecture, and other representatives of environmentalism, have started to build new earth houses. Lenin, O.O. (1999). Interlocking bricks have always been in use to a lesser extent, but extensive studies on this technology only appeared after the first ecologica ...
... with the assistance of the organic architecture, and other representatives of environmentalism, have started to build new earth houses. Lenin, O.O. (1999). Interlocking bricks have always been in use to a lesser extent, but extensive studies on this technology only appeared after the first ecologica ...
building materials
... with the assistance of the organic architecture, and other representatives of environmentalism, have started to build new earth houses. Lenin, O.O. (1999). Interlocking bricks have always been in use to a lesser extent, but extensive studies on this technology only appeared after the first ecologica ...
... with the assistance of the organic architecture, and other representatives of environmentalism, have started to build new earth houses. Lenin, O.O. (1999). Interlocking bricks have always been in use to a lesser extent, but extensive studies on this technology only appeared after the first ecologica ...
Architecture of Mesopotamia
The architecture of Mesopotamia is the ancient architecture of the region of the Tigris–Euphrates river system (also known as Mesopotamia), encompassing several distinct cultures and spanning a period from the 10th millennium BC, when the first permanent structures were built, to the 6th century BC. Among the Mesopotamian architectural accomplishments are the development of urban planning, the courtyard house, and ziggurats. No architectural profession existed in Mesopotamia; however, scribes drafted and managed construction for the government, nobility, or royalty. The Mesopotamians regarded 'the craft of building' as a divine gift taught to men by the gods as listed in me 28.