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Villa: a large house which one might retreat to in the country. Villa can also refer to a freestanding comfortable-sized house, on a large block, generally found in the suburbs, and in Victorian terraced housing , a house larger than the average byelaw terraced house , often having double street frontage .
The villa is situated in 7.3 hectares (18 acres) of grounds. The villa has had several notable owners including Gianni and Marella Agnelli, Izaak and Dorothy J. Killam, and, since 1987, by Edmond (1932–1999) and Lily Safra (1934–2022), who inherited the villa after her husband's death.
Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.
Scale models of some Ancient Egyptian house, in the Louvre Minoan house model, c. 1700-1675 BC, terracotta, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (Heraklion, Greece) Floor plan of a "foursquare" house. Little is known about the earliest origin of the house and its interior; however, it can be traced back to the simplest form of shelters.
E-1027 is a modernist villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France.It was designed and built from 1926–1929 by the Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray and the French/Romanian Architect Jean Badovici. [1]
Pages 47–52 provide a helpful collection of annotated photos, diagrams and floor plans. Louis I. Kahn's Fisher House: A Case Study on the Architectural Detail and Design Intent . Chapter 4 (pages 104–136) of this Master's thesis is a comparative study of the wood detailing in Kahn's Fisher, Esherick and Korman Houses.
Prior to the villas' construction Terry had said also that it was a "glorious opportunity to tidy up a superb site" [3] The villas were constructed from the late 1980s to 2002. [1] Several of the villas were purchased by foreign buyers upon completion, with some having to be expanded to include extra staff accommodation. [4] [5]
The house is divided into four quadrants, determined by a column grid, separating key living areas that are situated on the top floor and connect to the roof garden, the most easily accessible external area; [4] while the downstairs bedrooms subvert the traditional vertical organization of a residence, also clearly demonstrating the free plan. [18]