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A penthouse is an apartment or unit traditionally on the highest floor of an apartment building, condominium, hotel, or tower. Penthouses are typically differentiated from other apartments by luxury features. The term 'penthouse' originally referred, and sometimes still does refer, to a separate smaller 'house' that was constructed on the roof ...
An accent wall or feature wall is an interior wall whose design differs from that of the other walls in the room. The accent wall's color can simply be a different shade of the color of the other walls, or have a different design in terms of the color and material. [1] Accent wall offers a simple, stylish way to add colours to a room. [2]
Belfast City Hall, an example of Edwardian Baroque architecture or "Wrenaissance", in Northern Ireland. Edwardian architecture usually means a Neo-Baroque architectural style that was popular for public buildings in the British Empire during the Edwardian era (1901–1910). Architecture up to 1914 is commonly included in this style.
5-over-1 or over-1s, also known as a one-plus-five or a podium building, [ 1] is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America. [ 2][ 3] The mid-rise buildings are normally constructed with four or five wood-frame stories above a concrete podium, usually for retail or resident amenity space.
A studio apartment, or studio condo [ 1] also known as a studio flat ( UK ), self-contained apartment ( Nigeria ), efficiency apartment, bed-sitter ( Kenya ), or bachelor apartment, is a small dwelling in which the normal functions of a number of rooms – often the living room, bedroom, and kitchen – are combined into a single room.
Stylistically, Old Law Tenements are unique and conspicuous. Though each uniformly occupies a twenty-five-foot lot just like the pre-Old Law tenement, the Old Law facade – with its fanciful sandstone human and animal gargoyles (sometimes in full figure), its terracotta filigree of no apparent historical precedent, [citation needed] its occasional design aberrations (e.g., dwarf columns), and ...
Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. [ 1] Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new references and interpretations of traditional architecture [ 2][ 3] to highly conceptual forms and designs, resembling sculpture on an ...
Building typology refers to building and documenting buildings according to their essential characteristics. In architectural discourse, typological classification tends to focus on building function (use), building form, or architectural style. A functional typology collects buildings into groups such as houses, hospitals, schools, shopping ...