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Corner houses originate from the Composite Buildings of Hong Kong. They were popularized in the 1950s and the 1960s. Most corner houses are fourth-generation tong lau, featuring rounded corners and lines. Antonio Hermenegildo Basto currently holds the record for the most corner buildings designed in Hong Kong. [1] [2]
A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia. This is a list of house types.Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or single-family detached homes and various types of attached or multi-family residential dwellings.
The American Foursquare or "Prairie Box" was a post-Victorian style, which shared many features with the Prairie architecture pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright.. During the early 1900s and 1910s, Wright even designed his own variations on the Foursquare, including the Robert M. Lamp House, "A Fireproof House for $5000", and several two-story models for American System-Built Homes.
A girder or main "summer beam" of a floor: if supported on two storey posts and open below, also called a "bress" or "breast-summer". Often found at the centerline of the house to support one end of a joist, and to bear the weight of the structure above. [83] Spandrel 1.
A cornerstone (Greek: Άκρογωνιεîς, Latin: Primarii Lapidis) will sometimes be referred to as a "foundation-stone", and is symbolic of Christ, whom the Apostle Paul referred to as the "head of the corner" and is the "Chief Cornerstone of the Church" (Ephesians 2:20). A chief or head cornerstone is placed above two walls to keep them ...
Prompt corner: Area just to one side of the proscenium where the stage manager stands to cue the show and prompt performers. Rake: A slope in the performance space (stage), rising away from the audience. Safety curtain: A heavy fireproof curtain, in fiberglass, iron or similar material placed immediately behind the proscenium.
Cornice of Maison Carrée (Nîmes, France), a Roman temple in the Corinthian order, with dentils nearest the wall.. In Ancient Greek architecture and its successors using the classical orders in the tradition of classical architecture, the cornice is the topmost element of the entablature, which consists (from top to bottom) of the cornice, the frieze, and the architrave.
Corner House (Johannesburg), a historic building in South Africa; The Corner House (organisation), a not for profit organisation supporting democratic and community movements for environmental and social justice in the U.K. Corner House (Riga), the headquarters of the Soviet KGB in Latvia; A house located in a Road intersection