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Snout house: a house with the garage door being the closest part of the dwelling to the street. Octagon house: a house of symmetrical octagonal floor plan, popularized briefly during the 19th century by Orson Squire Fowler; Stilt house: is a house built on stilts above a body of water or the ground (usually in swampy areas prone to flooding).
Book of rambler and ranch-type homes: designs and floor plans for 31 practical homes, 3rd ed. Home Plan Book Co., 1953. 92 low cost ranch homes, by Richard B. Pollman, Home Planners, Inc., 1955. Ranch homes for today, by Alwin Cassens, Jr., Archway Press, 1956. New modern ranch homes for town or country living, National Plan Service, 1956.
The second floor has nine bedrooms, three dressing rooms, and seven bathrooms. The third floor and raised basement were servant quarters. Along with the mansion, Trumbauer also designed the wrought-iron gates at the entrance to the estate, as well as a small gatehouse, a powerhouse, and an eight-car garage.
Built in 1640, C. A. Nothnagle Log House, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. A conjectural replica of the log cabin in which U.S. president Abraham Lincoln was born, now at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin in New Sweden Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey A replica log cabin at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania A log house ...
Fallingwater's asymmetrical floor plan was loosely derived from the cruciform plan of the Prairie houses. [98] It has a floor area of 5,330 square feet (495 m 2 ), [ 16 ] [ 91 ] of which 2,445 square feet (227.1 m 2 ) is composed of outdoor terraces.
The season opener follows Mina, Karen and the team as they revamp a junk-filled duplex, complete with an attic space and a basement located in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood. To turn a profit, Mina transforms the attic into a rental income unit for the new homeowners by adding bedrooms, a kitchen and living room, all with a modern touch.
Desperate to get the timber superstructure watertight before autumn rains hit, extra manpower is thrown at the project. The budget spirals and Paul works almost day and night to complete the building in a year by sheer force of will. But this relentless drive begins to take a toll on Paul’s health, an old back injury leaving him in agony.
Bob visits the brick standalone garage in an area of the yard that we haven't previously seen this season. He talks about plans to update the windows and doors. Inside the garage, he shows that there is room for a car and workshop. At the back of the house, Bob shows the existing back deck and reveals the plans for a two-level deck.