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The traditional Turkish house is a half-timbered house with a cantilevered or supported overhang called a cumba. In the North African Maghreb, houses in medieval city kasbahs often featured jetties. Contemporary examples still survive in the Casbah of Algiers. The House of Opus Craticum, built before AD 79 in Roman Herculaneum, has a supported ...
The largest cantilevered roof in Europe is located at St James' Park in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, the home stadium of Newcastle United F.C. [3] [4] Less obvious examples of cantilevers are free-standing (vertical) radio towers without guy-wires, and chimneys, which resist being blown over by the wind through cantilever action at their base.
Built in 1947, it was designed by architect Marcel Breuer as a home for his family. It is an important early example of his Modern Movement designs, with a cantilevered design featuring glass and stone finishes. The house, occupied by his family for just four years, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
The late owner Max Schlienger built a model for a train system rivaling hyperloop on the 100-acre property, which has incredible views.
A pair of skyscrapers connected by a cantilevered “skybridge” and a rooftop infinity pool is set to join the New York City skyline, as developers unveiled a proposal for a new megaproject just ...
1925 Stool / Side Table of tubular steel (leading to cantilevered chair) 1926 Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, Kandinsky, and Muche Interiors– the Bauhaus – Dessau, Germany; 1927 Piscator Apartment – Berlin, Germany; 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung – Gropius and Stam Apartment Interiors – Stuttgart, Germany; 1928 First cantilevered steel chair (the Cesca)
The Keland House is an example of Wright's Usonian Homes, though larger than most of his Usonian homes. [5] The dining area flows into the living room, with the kitchen at the "hinge" of the dining room and living room. [2] Part of the house is cantilevered above the adjacent ravine. [4]
McIntire Garrison House (1707) in York, Maine, a prototype of the garrison style. The overhang in timber framing is called jettying. Olsen-Hesketh House, Blake Road, Brownfield, Maine, a contemporary garrison colonial built 1988–89.