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5-over-1 or over-1s, also known as a one-plus-five or a podium building, [1] is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The mid-rise buildings are normally constructed with four or five wood-frame stories above a concrete podium, usually for retail or resident amenity space.
Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a
Cordwood masonry wall detail. The method is sometimes called stackwall because the effect resembles a stack of cordwood. A section of a cordwood home. Cordwood construction (also called cordwood masonry or cordwood building, alternatively stackwall or stovewood particularly in Canada) is a term used for a natural building method in which short logs are piled crosswise to build a wall, using ...
The boards are laid out on edge on the shop floor, the ends are glued together and stapled or screwed. Keystones and corner blocks are not normally used. Once assembled, the flat can be covered with 1 ⁄ 4-inch (6.4 mm) or 1 ⁄ 8-inch (3.2 mm) decorative plywood, which is glued on and stapled. The toggles in a Hollywood flat are placed on 2 ...
Building a palisade wall for the fort at Jamestown, Virginia The Golden Plow Tavern in York, PA, is a very unusual American building. It is built with corner post construction on the ground floor, half-timbered style of timber framing on the upper floor and has a less common style of wood roof shingles than typical in America.
Craft publications have advised readers to use pallets to build a skateboarding obstacle called a manual pad, barricades during amateur paintball games, or other sport-related items. Other publications have suggested using pallet wood for small animal cages or fences. Pallet wood has been recycled for use as furniture wood by at least one company.
A podium (pl.: podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. In architecture a building can rest on a large podium. [ 1 ] Podiums can also be used to raise people, for instance the conductor of an orchestra stands on a podium as do many public speakers .
The proscaenium was a wall that supported the front edge of the stage with ornately decorated niches off to the sides. The Hellenistic influence is seen through the use of the proscenium. The Roman theatre also had a podium, which sometimes supported the columns of the scaenae frons.