Designing for Durability
... L’Italien, whose architecture firm EHDD often uses wood materials on its projects, puts it this way: “Whenever we can, we select materials with integral finish, both from a sustainability angle and because there is inherent beauty in well-detailed natural materials. This is one of the most overlooke ...
... L’Italien, whose architecture firm EHDD often uses wood materials on its projects, puts it this way: “Whenever we can, we select materials with integral finish, both from a sustainability angle and because there is inherent beauty in well-detailed natural materials. This is one of the most overlooke ...
OCT 2 8 2002 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
... of the neighborhood contained modest working class frame residences on narrow lots along the 100 and 200 blocks of 14th Avenue SE, the 1300 block of 2nd Street SE, and the 1000 to 1300 blocks of 3rd Street SE. Beginning in the 1890s, commercial buildings and factories began replacing many of these r ...
... of the neighborhood contained modest working class frame residences on narrow lots along the 100 and 200 blocks of 14th Avenue SE, the 1300 block of 2nd Street SE, and the 1000 to 1300 blocks of 3rd Street SE. Beginning in the 1890s, commercial buildings and factories began replacing many of these r ...
Dendrochronology: Guidelines on producing and
... Dendrochronology or tree-ring dating makes use of the annual pattern of growth shown by most tree species in temperate regions. Each year trees such as oak put on a layer of new wood under the bark.The thickness of that layer – the tree-ring – will depend on various factors. The genetic make-up of t ...
... Dendrochronology or tree-ring dating makes use of the annual pattern of growth shown by most tree species in temperate regions. Each year trees such as oak put on a layer of new wood under the bark.The thickness of that layer – the tree-ring – will depend on various factors. The genetic make-up of t ...
Wood and Indoor Environment
... use of absorbent materials is minimized due to indoor air quality concerns. In large buildings with hundreds or even thousands of occupants—for example, apartment buildings, condominiums, hotels or dormitories—every acoustic detail has a positive or negative effect on the quality of daily life. Wood ...
... use of absorbent materials is minimized due to indoor air quality concerns. In large buildings with hundreds or even thousands of occupants—for example, apartment buildings, condominiums, hotels or dormitories—every acoustic detail has a positive or negative effect on the quality of daily life. Wood ...
The Agassiz Neighborhood Paths
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May's I s l a n d Historic ... Cedar Rapids
... too, realized their plan for substantial office space of a quality higher than that of their former-warehouse facility. Business and community leaders lent support to both these aims, but were lured principally by the idea of a coliseum, which would help Cedar Rapids compete with Des Moines in the l ...
... too, realized their plan for substantial office space of a quality higher than that of their former-warehouse facility. Business and community leaders lent support to both these aims, but were lured principally by the idea of a coliseum, which would help Cedar Rapids compete with Des Moines in the l ...
Thuja plicata
Thuja plicata, commonly called western or Pacific redcedar, giant or western arborvitae, giant cedar, or shinglewood, is a species of Thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae native to western North America. The provincial tree of British Columbia, it has extensive applications for Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest.