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They illustrate how the home relates to the lot's boundaries and surroundings. Site plans should outline location of utility services, setback requirements, easements, location of driveways and walkways, and sometimes even topographical data that specifies the slope of the terrain. A floor plan [2] is an overhead view of the completed house. On ...
The Curtis House is on the National Register of Historic Places. The home is located at 6161 Marquette Place in New Orleans. It was completed in 1963 for the family of Nathaniel Curtis. Architecturally, it has creole influences, with inward-facing designs, and so is a manifestation of critical regionalism. The home has many transparent walls ...
The founders of TPC Interactive entered the house plans business in the 1970s, first offering black and white house plan books [4] that contained approximately 100 pre-drawn house plans. As its network of architects expanded, the company increased the length of the catalogs and partnered with retailers Barnes & Noble, Home Depot and Lowe’s to ...
Sears Modern Homes were sold between 1908 and 1942. There is some debate about whether some homes from Sears that were built in 1941 and 1942 qualify as Sears Modern Homes. Some of these homes were based on models offered in the Sears Modern Homes catalog. Others were not, but were still pre-cut kit homes built from plans and materials from Sears.
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
The plan layout consists of both living suites to be facing each other in a north-south orientation rather than a typical side-by-side layout seen in duplexes. This would allow both spaces to feel a sense of width close to a "typical house". [10] What is most unique about the house is the origami like metal overhangs identical on both facades.
A special use of the term bungalow developed in the greater New York City area, between the 1930s and 1970s, to denote a cluster of small rental summer homes, usually in the Catskill Mountains in the area known as the Borscht Belt. First- and second-generation Jewish-American families were especially likely to rent such houses.
For a suspended slab, there are a number of designs to improve the strength-to-weight ratio. In all cases the top surface remains flat, and the underside is modulated: A corrugated slab is designed when the concrete is poured into a corrugated steel tray, more commonly called decking. This steel tray improves strength of the slab, and prevents ...