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The Stahl House, Case Study House #22. The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers.
Before construction could begin, the developer team and city officials needed to refine the building design, complete environmental studies, obtain public approvals (including waiving certain zoning regulations to allow for the development of the pilot project), and participate in community outreach.
The case greatly influenced the development of the Eastern Suburbs railway line. In terms of contract law, the case addresses questions of frustration, construction and the parol evidence rule . The case diverged from the well established English approach regarding the use of extrinsic evidence in contractual interpretation.
Shortly after construction was completed, Holmdene's bricks "were beginning to crumble and decompose," [1] manifesting a condition known as "efflorescence," which threatened the stability of the entire edifice. The affected walls were perforce demolished, and Roberts sued for consequential damages arising from the breach of the contract.
McReynolds took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Spearin , 248 U.S. 132 (1918), also referred to as the Spearin doctrine , is a 1918 United States Supreme Court decision. It remains one of the landmark construction law cases. [ 1 ]
Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth [1995] UKHL 8 is an English contract law case, concerning the choice between an award of damages for the cost of curing a defect in a building contract or (when that is unreasonable) for awarding damages for loss of "amenity".
The GCA sued to stop construction of the building, but the United States District Court for the District of Columbia refused its request on October 12. [15] On September 29, the D.C. Zoning Commission lifted its June 29 ban and said that construction on the 100-acre (400,000 m 2) Georgetown waterfront could proceed. [14]
A case study is an in-depth, detailed examination of a particular case (or cases) within a real-world context. [1] [2] For example, case studies in medicine may focus on an individual patient or ailment; case studies in business might cover a particular firm's strategy or a broader market; similarly, case studies in politics can range from a narrow happening over time like the operations of a ...