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  2. 1700 in architecture - Wikipedia

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    Rossie House, Angus, Scotland, by Alexander Edward Slushko Palace , Vilnius, Lithuania (begun c.1690), by Giovanni Pietro Perti Tessin Palace , Stockholm (begun 1694), by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

  3. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    The concrete was made of nothing more than rubble and mortar. It was cheap and very easy to produce and required relatively unskilled labour to use, enabling the Romans to build on an unprecedented scale. They not only used it for walls but also to form arches, barrel vaults and domes, which they built over huge spans. The Romans developed ...

  4. Icelandic turf house - Wikipedia

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    Turf house with a wooden gafli in Iceland.. Icelandic architecture changed in many ways in more than 1,000 years after the turf houses were being constructed. The first evolutionary step happened in the 14th century, when the Viking-style longhouses were gradually abandoned and replaced with many small and specialized interconnected buildings.

  5. Low German house - Wikipedia

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    The German name, Fachhallenhaus, is a regional variation of the term Hallenhaus ("hall house", sometimes qualified as the "Low Saxon hall house").In the academic definition of this type of house the word Fach does not refer to the Fachwerk or "timber-framing" of the walls, but to the large Gefach or "bay" between two pairs of the wooden posts (Ständer) supporting the ceiling of the hall and ...

  6. Category : Buildings and structures completed in the 1700s

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    Pages in category "Buildings and structures completed in the 1700s" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  7. Category:1700s architecture - Wikipedia

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    1700 in architecture; 1701 in architecture; 1702 in architecture; 1703 in architecture; 1704 in architecture; ... General Glover House This page was last ...

  8. Italian architecture - Wikipedia

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    The building, with alterations, was not completed until after his death. Basilica of Sant'Andrea. When the Roman Emperors came back from winning a battle, they built a triumphal arch as a monument to themselves. There are several of these monuments in Rome as well as in other parts of Italy, and the general design is that of a big arch at the ...

  9. Architecture of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch Golden Age roughly spanned the 17th century. [1] Due to the thriving economy, cities expanded greatly. New town halls and storehouses were built, and many new canals were dug out in and around various cities such as Delft, Leiden, and Amsterdam for defense and transport purposes.