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Cement City Historic District is a historic district in Donora, Pennsylvania. The district includes 80 Prairie School concrete residences built in 1916–17. The homes served as housing for employees of the American Steel and Wire Company .
"A Fireproof House for $5000" is an article and house design by Frank Lloyd Wright published in the Ladies' Home Journal in April 1907. It is Wright's third and final publication in the journal following " A Home in a Prairie Town " and " A Small House with 'Lots of Room in It' " from February and July 1901, respectively. [ 1 ]
During the course of the construction 45,000 barrels of cement, 30,000 cubic yards of gravel, and 15,000 cubic yards of sand were mixed by 500 men who produced 35,000 cubic yards of concrete. [ 4 ] [ 8 ] When the building underwent renovations from 1973 the walls were left untouched because Edison's concrete mix was seen to be hard and durable ...
The ambitious complex, expected to cost $1 billion, was meant to be home to luxury residential units and a five-star hotel, The Los Angeles Times reported. It's about 60% complete after ...
In 2008, the Steven T. Huff Family LLC applied for a construction permit to begin construction of the Pensmore mansion—made unique because it is an insulated concrete form structure designed to showcase sustainable construction techniques on a large scale, with it being designed to be earthquake resistant, bullet resistant, blast resistant, capable of withstanding an EF5 tornado, bug ...
The ruins of the town, including remnants of the old cement mill and the foundations of abandoned homes and buildings, stand as a testament to the once-prosperous community that was a center of the cement industry in California. The most prominent and visible concrete ruin on Cement's hillside is large and referred to locally as "The Castle."
Stacked board construction was recommended in the first edition of A Home for All [4] but the third edition of Fowler's book, printed in 1853, had a new subtitle: A Home For All, or The Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode of Building, and was distinguished by Fowler's enthusiasm for concrete construction. At the time concrete construction was not ...
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