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  2. Adirondack lean-to - Wikipedia

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    An Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shelter is a three-sided log structure popularized in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York which provides shelter for campers. [1] Since their development in the Adirondacks, this type of shelter has seen use in a number of parks throughout the United States, such as Isle Royale National Park in ...

  3. Lean-to - Wikipedia

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    A lean-to is originally defined as a structure in which the rafters lean against another building or wall, also referred to in prior times as a penthouse. [2] These structures characteristically have shed roofs , also referred to as "skillions", or "outshots" and "catslides" when the shed's roof is a direct extension of a larger structure's.

  4. Como Park Zoo and Conservatory - Wikipedia

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    Lakeside Pavilion - The current building was constructed in 1992 as an exact replica of the original 1905 building. Lily Pond - Originally built in 1895 and known as the Aquarium, the pond featured exotic lily pads. While the lily pads returned to Como Park at the conservatory in 2005, the original pond has been dry and unused for some time.

  5. Lennar - Wikipedia

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    Lennar dates back to F&R Builders, a company founded in 1954 by Gene Fisher and real estate developer Arnold P. Rosen. In 1956, Leonard Miller, who later became the namesake of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, a 23-year-old entrepreneur that owned 42 lots in Miami-Dade County, Florida, invested $10,000 and partnered with the company.

  6. Conservatory (greenhouse) - Wikipedia

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    A traditional conservatory at the Horniman Museum in London, now used as a cafe. A modern implementation, Adelaide's Bicentennial Conservatory Conservatory interior in the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, Czech Republic. A conservatory is a building or room having glass or other transparent roofing and walls, used as a greenhouse or a ...

  7. Lean construction - Wikipedia

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    Lean Construction recognizes that desired ends affect the means to achieve these ends, and that available means will affect realized ends (Lichtig 2004). Essentially, Lean Construction aims to embody the benefits of the Master Builder concept (Abdelhamid et al. 2008). "One can think of lean construction in a way similar to mesoeconomics. Lean ...

  8. Duke Gardens (New Jersey) - Wikipedia

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    Duke Gardens formed four sides of a quadrangle, and took at least one hour to view. The entry fell on the side formed by a Conservatory designed by Horace Trumbauer and constructed 1909-17. [12] The other three sides were formed by greenhouses in styles that are still manufactured. The greenhouse over the English Garden was installed in the 1990s.

  9. Swinerton - Wikipedia

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    "Swinerton Builders named principal contractor for Adventist Health Roseville campus". Sacramento Business Journal; Yudelson, J. (2008). Marketing Green Building Services: Strategies for Success. Elsevier/Architectural Press. pp. 218–. ISBN 978-0-7506-8474-3 (subscription required)