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An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, [ 1 ] Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ [iɣˈlu] (plural: igluitᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ [iɣluˈit])), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of suitable snow. Although igloos are often associated with all Inuit, they were traditionally used only by the people of Canada's Central Arctic and the ...
August 23, 1984. The University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District is a historic district located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1984, it includes a number of historic buildings that were constructed during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and represents the oldest extant section of the ...
Igloolik (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ, Iglulik, Inuktitut pronunciation: [iɣ.lu.ˈlik]) is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be on the peninsula. The name "Igloolik" means "there is a ...
Cades Cove Loop Rd./short trail. Becky Cable House. 1879. Cades Cove Loop Rd. Built and originally used by Leeson Gregg as a store. John Cable Gristmill. 1868. Cades Cove Loop Rd. The mill's overshot wheel is popular with photographers.
The igloo comes with a working fireplace, a ceiling light, and even a tablet built into the wall. Woman builds 4ft tall igloo with five-year-old daughter Skip to main content
Temporary structures – Quonset hut, Nissen hut, prefabricated home. Underground – Underground living, rock-cut architecture, monolithic church, pit-house. Modern low-energy systems – Straw-bale construction, earthbag construction, rice-hull bagwall construction, earthship, earth house. Various styles – Longhouse.
1874 2-story home of railroad man and leading Catholic John Baasen, designed by Charles Gombert. Housed offices of German YMCA from 1888 to 1893. Used by Mt. Sinai Hospital starting in 1905, Wisconsin House Hotel in 1919, and Joe Kerscher's tavern in 1933. 13. Lloyd A. Barbee House. Lloyd A. Barbee House. May 7, 2019.
English vernacular building, 16th-century half-timbering and later buildings, in the village of Lavenham, Suffolk. A pair of single 1920s shotgun houses in the Campground Historic District of Mobile, Alabama. Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture[1]) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance.