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No-fines houses were built with a ten-inch (254mm) concrete shell cast in situ. [1] The concrete for the entire outer structure was cast in one operation using reusable formwork. The ground floor was either concrete or traditional timber joists and floorboards; the first floor was made with traditional timber joists and floorboards.
There are examples of modern homes built based on the design of Sears Modern Home. In some cases, homeowners used plans from original Sears homes to recreate a modern version of a Sears home. In other cases, the home followed the general design of a Sears house without being an exact duplicate. [51] [52]
The textile block system is a unique structural building method created by Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1920s. While the details changed over time, the basic concept involves patterned concrete blocks reinforced by steel rods, created by pouring concrete mixture into molds, thus enabling the repetition of form.
The Ohio State Tax Credit Authority approved $7.1 million in tax breaks for the project, while Finance Fund of Columbus provided $10.75 million of federal tax credits and Stonehenge Community ...
(The Center Square) – The federal government is sending more than $14 million in taxpayer funds to several areas of Ohio to address home health and safety hazards. Overall, the U.S. Department ...
Elements found in the Burnham block but not in commercial homes can be seen as experimental. Elements found only in commercial homes can be seen as refinements of the system. [2] 2714 W Burnham St Model B1 bungalow, taken August 2017. Three of the six American System-Built Homes in the Burnham Street Historic District, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Depending on the size and style of the plan, the materials needed to construct a typical house, including perhaps 10,000–30,000 pieces of lumber and other building material, [4] would be shipped by rail, filling one or two railroad boxcars, [6] [7] which would be loaded at the company's mill and sent to the customer's home town, where they would be parked on a siding or in a freight yard for ...
A report by Aberdeen City Council recommends the homes should be rebuilt in a project costing a total of £150 million. Council to recommend 500 homes with collapse-risk concrete to be knocked ...