Colonial Revival style House
January 20, 2016
A symmetrical façade, but may have side porches or sunrooms on either or both sides. Rectangular mass 1 - 2+ stories Usually a medium pitch…
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Colonial Housing style
June 6, 2015
During the 1700s, European settlers in North America incorporated the architectural styles of their native countries into their new homes. The…
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Colonial House styles
October 3, 2014
The supporting columns are typical of Greek Revival-style Colonial homes. The difference between Colonial and traditional home styles is quite…
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Colonial House style characteristics
May 18, 2014
Colonial Revival is the single most popular architectural style in the United States, in great part because of its richly varied vocabulary and…
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Colonial Architecture
April 28, 2011
I recently blogged on a couple of architectural movements that are popular with old house lovers. The Victorian movement got quite a bit of its…
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Colonial Architecture characteristics
February 1, 2016
The Colonial style houses often featured emphasis on the front door. The Colonial home is one of the most popular styles of home in the United…
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Colonial architectural style
March 9, 2013
Significant Dates 1681 : William Penn charters Colony of Pennsylvania. Large—scale immigration to the English Colonies begins. 1715 : Virginia…
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Client server pattern
March 26, 2011
Few days ago I gave a talk about software architectures. My goal was to explain as easy as possible the main ideas behind the most popular software…
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Classic Housing styles
October 10, 2012
What a pleasure it is to have an architecture so beautifully naturalized-to site, to purpose, and to tradition. -Robert A. M. Stern, from the…
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Chrome Switchplates
August 1, 2014
More than just a brand name. Baldwin identifies a birthright to the claim that time-tested skills forge the surest path to timely design solutions…
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Chicago style houses
August 20, 2012
Chicago has a tremendous Architectural heritage, famous throughout the world. Due in large part to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 which decimated…
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Cape Colonial House style
July 27, 2012
A Cape Cod is a style of house originating in New England in the 17th century. It is a low, broad, frame building, generally a story and a half…
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California House styles
March 22, 2014
The Bungalow house style of architecture is a single family house type whose popularity grew in the western United States at the turn-of-the-century…
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Buildings with Arches
February 28, 2013
1. Arc de Triumph, Paris, France – One of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the western end of the Champs-Élysées and honors those…
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Buildings in the Middle Ages
June 30, 2012
Christianity played a significant role in unifying people and the same religious movement also helped in establishing feudal system in Europe…
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Building History UK
March 10, 2016
The MSt in Building History is unique in providing a Masters course combining British Architectural History with practical tuition in interpreting…
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British style houses
December 10, 2013
Economists Selena and Shamubeel Eaqub, renters and authors of Generation Rent. High house prices are creating a class system in New Zealand that…
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British House style
October 31, 2011
Onlookers by the lake watch the construction of Thamesmead, Greenwich, London. Photograph: Riba Library Photographs Collection/Architectural…
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Brick House styles
December 6, 2015
Wohnideen durch Einrichtungsbeispiele leichter finden Einrichten, streichen oder dekorieren – von Zeit zu Zeit braucht es frischen Wind für die…
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Boston City Hall Architects
September 10, 2015
Architects Kallmann, McKinnell, & Knowles Location Boston, Massachusetts References GreatBuildings, Wikipedia Project Year 1968 From…
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