
Slide 1 What do we mean when we say "house style" or
... decorative details such as brackets and cornice trim construction materials such as brick, stucco, or wood footprint and floor plan historic period ...
... decorative details such as brackets and cornice trim construction materials such as brick, stucco, or wood footprint and floor plan historic period ...
32 5.0 ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC QUALITIES 5.1 The
... Conservation Area face the street, often directly fronting the street or pavement. Even the higherstatus eighteenth and nineteenth century properties address the street, whereas in smaller settlements within the National Park it is typical for such properties to be orientated towards the south or so ...
... Conservation Area face the street, often directly fronting the street or pavement. Even the higherstatus eighteenth and nineteenth century properties address the street, whereas in smaller settlements within the National Park it is typical for such properties to be orientated towards the south or so ...
architectural walking guide
... Bank; it currently consists of three sections, of which the block along the square is a monument. It was built in 1916-1917. At the beginning only the north wing was used by the bank. The rest had other commercial functions. Owing to the bank’s growth more sections came to be used. In the 1950s the ...
... Bank; it currently consists of three sections, of which the block along the square is a monument. It was built in 1916-1917. At the beginning only the north wing was used by the bank. The rest had other commercial functions. Owing to the bank’s growth more sections came to be used. In the 1950s the ...
Design of high-rise buildings: past, present and future
... High-rise building, tall building, wind engineering, seismic design, lateral analysis. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS While cities like New York and Chicago can be considered as the birthplace of modern high-rise buildings, the history of multi-storey construction is much older. The t ...
... High-rise building, tall building, wind engineering, seismic design, lateral analysis. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS While cities like New York and Chicago can be considered as the birthplace of modern high-rise buildings, the history of multi-storey construction is much older. The t ...
Architecture of Chennai

Chennai architecture is a confluence of many architectural styles. From ancient Dravidian temples built by the Pallavas, to the Indo-Saracenic style (pioneered in Madras) of the colonial era, to 20th-century steel and chrome of skyscrapers. Chennai has a colonial core in the port area, surrounded by progressively newer areas as one travels away from the port, punctuated with old temples, churches and mosques.As of 2014, Chennai city, within its corporation limits covering 426 sq km, has about 625,000 buildings, of which about 35,000 are multi-storied (with four and more floors). Of these, nearly 19,000 are designated as commercial ones.