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  2. History of architecture - Wikipedia

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    In eastern Jordan, post hole markings in the soil give evidence to houses made of poles and thatched brush around 20,000 years ago. [16] In areas where bone — especially mammoth bone — is a viable material, evidence of structures preserve much more easily, such as the mammoth-bone dwellings among the Mal'ta-Buret' culture 24–15,000 years ...

  3. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    It explains the evolution of how humans created shelter and other structures that comprises the entire built environment. It covers several fields including structural engineering , civil engineering , city growth and population growth , which are relatives to branches of technology , science, history , and architecture .

  4. Frank Lloyd Wright - Wikipedia

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    Wright was born on June 8, 1867, in the town of Richland Center, Wisconsin, but maintained throughout his life that he was born in 1869. [4] [5] In 1987 a biographer of Wright suggested that he had been christened as "Frank Lincoln Wright" or "Franklin Lincoln Wright" but these assertions were not supported by any documentation.

  5. List of Frank Lloyd Wright works - Wikipedia

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    Frank Lloyd Wright designed 1,141 houses, commercial buildings and other works throughout his lifetime, including 532 that were eventually built. As of 2013 [update] , there were 409 extant structures designed by Wright.

  6. Medieval architecture - Wikipedia

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    While much of the surviving medieval architecture is either religious or military, examples of civic and even domestic architecture can be found throughout Europe. Examples include manor houses, town halls, almshouses and bridges, but also residential houses.Walled towns were constructed across Europe, including in Austria.

  7. Architecture of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Ubaid houses could also be interconnect with other houses. The architecture of Ubaid houses is indistinguishable from Ubaid Temples. [16] During the Uruk period houses had various shapes. Some houses were rectangular, others were round. Some houses in Mesopotamia had only one room, while others had many rooms.

  8. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    This house was modeled on the Villa Pisani in Montagnana, Italy, as exhibited in the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio's Four Books of Architecture (1570). Colonial architect William Buckland designed this house in 1774 and the resulting house is a very skillful adaptation of the Villa Pisani for the warmer climate of the Chesapeake Bay region.

  9. House - Wikipedia

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    A house is a single-unit residential building.It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.