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Quonset huts at Point Mugu, California, in 1946 with Laguna Peak in the background. A Quonset hut / ˈ k w ɒ n s ɪ t / is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel with a semi-circular cross-section. The design was developed in the United States based on the Nissen hut introduced by the British during World War I.
Heartebeest Hut – hut used by South African Trekboer built of reeds, sometimes plastered with mud. Hytte – Norwegian cabin or hut; Igloo – a hut made of hard snow or ice; Kolba – Afghanistan hut; Khata – Ukrainian traditional whitewashed wattle-and-daub hut, usually with two rooms, loft, and straw roof
The Trees of New South Wales. Pettifer, Government Printer, Sydney. See pp xvi-ii; Archer, John. 1996. The Great Australian Dream: the history of the Australian house. HarperCollins, Pymble. ISBN 0-207-19003-8; Atkinson, James. 1844. An account of the state of agriculture & grazing in New South Wales (1826) See Chapter VI: pp. 135–140, Second ...
Chicago: 1872 Commercial Three buildings currently occupied by the Berghoff restaurant Page Brothers Building: Chicago: 1872 Commercial The building features Chicago's last remaining cast iron façade Harker Hall: Urbana: 1877 College building Oldest building in use on the campus of the University of Illinois: Manhattan Building: Chicago: 1889 ...
The earliest domes were likely domed huts made from saplings, reeds, or timbers and covered with thatch, turf, or skins. Materials may have transitioned to rammed earth, mud-brick, or more durable stone as a result of local conditions. [1]
At least 100,000 were produced in the First World War. [5] Nissen patented his invention in the UK in 1916 and patents were taken out later in the United States, Canada, South Africa and Australia. Nissen received royalties from the British government, not for huts made during the war, but only for their sale after the conflict.
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It divides the Hyde Park community area to the north from the Woodlawn community area to the south. Near Lake Michigan, the Midway is about 6 miles (10 km) south of the downtown "Loop". The University of Chicago was founded just north of the park, and university buildings now front the Midway to the south, as well.