Building on Deering Tradition
... Consequently, many of the defining characteristics of New England houses such as the large center chimney, wood clapboards, and multi-paned windows made from small pieces of glass, are no longer necessary. Moreover, home builders now are subject to new influences and forces that shape their architec ...
... Consequently, many of the defining characteristics of New England houses such as the large center chimney, wood clapboards, and multi-paned windows made from small pieces of glass, are no longer necessary. Moreover, home builders now are subject to new influences and forces that shape their architec ...
Architectural History - Historic Hawaii Foundation
... fire-stations, police stations and schools funded by the federal government embraced the simplicity of the stripped-down designs, both for aesthetic and economic reasons. Bridges, dams and other purely functional structures followed the same general pattern, also employing — as did other public buil ...
... fire-stations, police stations and schools funded by the federal government embraced the simplicity of the stripped-down designs, both for aesthetic and economic reasons. Bridges, dams and other purely functional structures followed the same general pattern, also employing — as did other public buil ...
Circa: Historical Property Development Summary
... In January 2012 the Circa team mapped the entire Pebble Beach community and identified 900 homes constructed between 1944-1962. Circa then surveyed by helicopter residences most like 1170 Signal Hill Road, built in 1958. Using the subject property as a center point and surveying outward, they identi ...
... In January 2012 the Circa team mapped the entire Pebble Beach community and identified 900 homes constructed between 1944-1962. Circa then surveyed by helicopter residences most like 1170 Signal Hill Road, built in 1958. Using the subject property as a center point and surveying outward, they identi ...
Revival of Indian Architecture The debate and the plight of
... often strewed with their remains. In India as else where the central features of this style, derived from ancient Rome and transformed by early Christian builders, were, as they saw it, the arch and the dome. The Mussulman's adopted and diversified, and having added the minaret, they created ... a g ...
... often strewed with their remains. In India as else where the central features of this style, derived from ancient Rome and transformed by early Christian builders, were, as they saw it, the arch and the dome. The Mussulman's adopted and diversified, and having added the minaret, they created ... a g ...
Aspects of preservation of Architecture of the Early Modern Movement
... Rietveld-SchroderHouse, have undergone a complete restoration. It is often difficult to decide what is the most important image to save. The Rietveld-Schriider House has had several functions, and its interiors have been changed by the architects themselves. Many of these 'models' are now museums an ...
... Rietveld-SchroderHouse, have undergone a complete restoration. It is often difficult to decide what is the most important image to save. The Rietveld-Schriider House has had several functions, and its interiors have been changed by the architects themselves. Many of these 'models' are now museums an ...
International Style
... When a person looked directly at a building that was designed in the International Style of Architecture, they were overcome with the impression that the flat surfaces and segments of the building could be moved at will, simply by sliding them to one side or the other. However this illusion of shift ...
... When a person looked directly at a building that was designed in the International Style of Architecture, they were overcome with the impression that the flat surfaces and segments of the building could be moved at will, simply by sliding them to one side or the other. However this illusion of shift ...
Lambert Terminal, 17701 Lambert International Blvd
... Bemiston Subdivision, most of which is in Clayton. First laid out in 1883, it remained largely undeveloped until after the turn of the century, when it was settled by prosperous middle-class families attracted by its topography, its proximity to the county seat, and its convenience to public transpo ...
... Bemiston Subdivision, most of which is in Clayton. First laid out in 1883, it remained largely undeveloped until after the turn of the century, when it was settled by prosperous middle-class families attracted by its topography, its proximity to the county seat, and its convenience to public transpo ...
An Overview of Mushroom Structures in Slovene Structuralism
... significant structure of this kind has been built in Slovenia. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, all major Slovene construction companies has been predominantly oriented in construction of buildings made of reinforced concrete - all important structures, including all major public buildin ...
... significant structure of this kind has been built in Slovenia. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, all major Slovene construction companies has been predominantly oriented in construction of buildings made of reinforced concrete - all important structures, including all major public buildin ...
Summer 2005 Newsletter
... dome” was to take its place. But no one had heard of a geodesic dome, and some neighbors wondered if they were better off with the old pink trailer. Others were excited about the unique building which was understood to be a prototype of a new domestic technology. Just as remarkable was the fact that ...
... dome” was to take its place. But no one had heard of a geodesic dome, and some neighbors wondered if they were better off with the old pink trailer. Others were excited about the unique building which was understood to be a prototype of a new domestic technology. Just as remarkable was the fact that ...
CHAPTER 4 PROPERTY TYPES AND STYLES
... when the alterations were made. 1 Quote attributed to Eric Mercer, English Vernacular Houses, in Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Collins Cromley, Invitation to Vernacular Architecture, (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2005), 8. 2 Carter and Cromley, Invitation to Vernacular Architecture, 8. ...
... when the alterations were made. 1 Quote attributed to Eric Mercer, English Vernacular Houses, in Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Collins Cromley, Invitation to Vernacular Architecture, (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2005), 8. 2 Carter and Cromley, Invitation to Vernacular Architecture, 8. ...
Ensuring good seismic performance with platform-frame
... practice, and outlines new developments in technology, standards and codes. Residential housing in North America consists predominantly of wood-frame construction. Most is of the platform-frame type, so called because the walls are erected on top of the completed platform provided by the flooring.1 ...
... practice, and outlines new developments in technology, standards and codes. Residential housing in North America consists predominantly of wood-frame construction. Most is of the platform-frame type, so called because the walls are erected on top of the completed platform provided by the flooring.1 ...
Ontario Architectural Style Guide
... a plan created by Toronto architect George W. Gouinlock, the hall is composed of a five-storey tower, a turret and a smaller body with a gabled roofline which abuts both Queen and Church Streets. Characteristic of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the hall features round-headed windows and arch ...
... a plan created by Toronto architect George W. Gouinlock, the hall is composed of a five-storey tower, a turret and a smaller body with a gabled roofline which abuts both Queen and Church Streets. Characteristic of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the hall features round-headed windows and arch ...
Министерство образования и науки Республики Казахстан
... 12. What building professions have you come across in the text? Construction Works The first houses were built for the purpose of protecting their owners from the weather and, therefore, were very simple—a roof to keep off the rain or snow, and walls to keep out the wind. The building erected now ca ...
... 12. What building professions have you come across in the text? Construction Works The first houses were built for the purpose of protecting their owners from the weather and, therefore, were very simple—a roof to keep off the rain or snow, and walls to keep out the wind. The building erected now ca ...
105-28.2 Required Architectural Styles 105-28.2.1
... The architectural traditions that make up the Anglo-Caribbean style are varied and complex. Architects have only recently adopted this term as it most acutely describes the British-influenced architecture in the West Indies. However, the genesis of this term is from the architecture developed for th ...
... The architectural traditions that make up the Anglo-Caribbean style are varied and complex. Architects have only recently adopted this term as it most acutely describes the British-influenced architecture in the West Indies. However, the genesis of this term is from the architecture developed for th ...
City of Delray Beach Historic Architecture Walking Tour
... covers an asymmetrical, wood or hollow clay tile frame. Arches are prevalent within the fenestration design including entryways, arcades, and colonnades. Minimal Traditional (1935-1950) – Typically, a one-story building displaying a low or intermediate pitched gable roof with a large chimney. Shares ...
... covers an asymmetrical, wood or hollow clay tile frame. Arches are prevalent within the fenestration design including entryways, arcades, and colonnades. Minimal Traditional (1935-1950) – Typically, a one-story building displaying a low or intermediate pitched gable roof with a large chimney. Shares ...
Bergdoll_Nationalism and Stylistic Debates
... England. Rapidly these private pleasures achieved a notoriety that made non-canonic choices o f style resonate with larger significance, and none more famously than Horace Walpole’s Strawberry H ill [67a, b, c]. Despite this romantic castellated house’s seminal role in both the popularization o f a ...
... England. Rapidly these private pleasures achieved a notoriety that made non-canonic choices o f style resonate with larger significance, and none more famously than Horace Walpole’s Strawberry H ill [67a, b, c]. Despite this romantic castellated house’s seminal role in both the popularization o f a ...
Louisiana National Register Review Committee Meeting December
... The Bristow Tower is a free-standing, ten story, International Style apartment building designed by Mathes, Bergman and Associates, a local firm. Construction began in 1963, and the building was dedicated on March 6, 1964. The structure is a reinforced concrete frame with a veneer mainly of flat whi ...
... The Bristow Tower is a free-standing, ten story, International Style apartment building designed by Mathes, Bergman and Associates, a local firm. Construction began in 1963, and the building was dedicated on March 6, 1964. The structure is a reinforced concrete frame with a veneer mainly of flat whi ...
Delray Beach CBD Architectural Design
... For “smaller buildings” (one to two stories tall), the base may be expressed by the visible thickening of the wall surface, which may be accompanied by a change of material or color. For one story buildings, the facade may express the storefront base, windows, and parapet as the building base, middl ...
... For “smaller buildings” (one to two stories tall), the base may be expressed by the visible thickening of the wall surface, which may be accompanied by a change of material or color. For one story buildings, the facade may express the storefront base, windows, and parapet as the building base, middl ...
R060 ANZ Bank RSTCA - Australian Institute of Architects
... building combining influences of the International style with a bold abstract sculptural design. The composition is dominated by the horizontal closely spaced planes which appear to hover unsupported, separated by continuous horizontal window panes and the use of a predominantly white and black colo ...
... building combining influences of the International style with a bold abstract sculptural design. The composition is dominated by the horizontal closely spaced planes which appear to hover unsupported, separated by continuous horizontal window panes and the use of a predominantly white and black colo ...
Abbas Hilmi II and the Neo-Mamluk Style
... Dessinés de 1818 à 1826. The plans had a strong influence on European architects in Europe, where Oriental-inspired themes for both exterior building decoration and interiors were becoming popularised. There was an equally strong influence on students at Cairo’s Polytechnic School, the only institut ...
... Dessinés de 1818 à 1826. The plans had a strong influence on European architects in Europe, where Oriental-inspired themes for both exterior building decoration and interiors were becoming popularised. There was an equally strong influence on students at Cairo’s Polytechnic School, the only institut ...
Vernacular Architectural Standards
... COTTAGE A small frame one-family house. COURSE A horizontal row of bricks, tiles, stone, building blocks, etc. CRAFTSMAN An architectural style most popular from about 1910 to 1950. Characterized by the use of broad, spreading forms; low-pitched gable roofs, often with gable and eaves brackets, deco ...
... COTTAGE A small frame one-family house. COURSE A horizontal row of bricks, tiles, stone, building blocks, etc. CRAFTSMAN An architectural style most popular from about 1910 to 1950. Characterized by the use of broad, spreading forms; low-pitched gable roofs, often with gable and eaves brackets, deco ...
The International Style in Ni
... This paper critically assesses contemporary modern Nigerian architecture, and in particular the International Style. It presents the International Style as a style dominating the urban landscape in Nigeria. This is a style with its history reaching pre-independence time and its peak-period in the se ...
... This paper critically assesses contemporary modern Nigerian architecture, and in particular the International Style. It presents the International Style as a style dominating the urban landscape in Nigeria. This is a style with its history reaching pre-independence time and its peak-period in the se ...
09 Functionalism in Modern Architecture
... after the defeat in World War I. The architect Walter Gropius was appointed to head a new institution that would help rebuild the country and form a new social order. Called the Bauhaus, the Institution called for a new rational social housing for the workers. Bauhaus architects rejected ‘bourgeois’ ...
... after the defeat in World War I. The architect Walter Gropius was appointed to head a new institution that would help rebuild the country and form a new social order. Called the Bauhaus, the Institution called for a new rational social housing for the workers. Bauhaus architects rejected ‘bourgeois’ ...
An Influence of Colonial Architecture to Building Styles and Motifs in
... An Influence of Colonial Architecture to Building Styles and Motifs in Colonial Cities in Malaysia The colonists had adopted their architectural styles in building modified to the climate context (warm and humid climate). These colonial buildings in Malaysia also have combinations of the styles from ...
... An Influence of Colonial Architecture to Building Styles and Motifs in Colonial Cities in Malaysia The colonists had adopted their architectural styles in building modified to the climate context (warm and humid climate). These colonial buildings in Malaysia also have combinations of the styles from ...
Construction Technology
... Supermarkets, malls, restaurants, office buildings, and skyscrapers ► Usually ...
... Supermarkets, malls, restaurants, office buildings, and skyscrapers ► Usually ...
Architecture of Canada
The architecture of Canada is, with the exception of that of Canadian First Nations, closely linked to the techniques and styles developed in Canada, Europe and the United States. However, design has long needed to be adapted to Canada's climate and geography, and at times has also reflected the uniqueness of Canadian culture.