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The steep slope may be curved. An element of the Second Empire architectural style (Mansard style) in the U.S. Neo-Mansard, Faux Mansard, False Mansard, Fake Mansard: Common in the 1960s and 70s in the U.S., these roofs often lack the double slope of the Mansard roof and are often steeply sloped walls with a flat roof. Unlike the Second Empire ...
Nigerian building and structure stubs (1 C, 163 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Nigeria" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
A one or two-storey timber house building made with pre-fabricated material components and designed with the influence of classic antiquity styles served as mission house for the missionaries. Colonial residents working for the Public Works Department introduced a variant of neoclassical architecture to designs of government buildings and ...
[3] [4] Building styles resembled those of the Ashanti, including construction from earth, wood, palm oil [4] and straw bolstered by timber frameworks and roofed with thatched leaves and wood, or later aluminum and corrugated iron. Most medieval/pre-colonial Yoruba settlements were surrounded by defensive mud walls.
Many of these buildings have since been pulled down to make room for newer building projects and calls for conservation have not been heeded by authorities. [14] Examples of Brazilian Baroque include Ilojo Bar , Lagos island, which was designed in 1856 by Afro-Brazilian architect Victor Olaiya and Shitta-Bey mosque with its Ottoman influences ...
Igbo Thatched Architecture Exterior A traditional igbo building palm Thatching. Thatch is utilized in Igbo architecture and it is the main traditional roofing method. Materials used in thatching include grass, palm leaves, or reeds, which are layered and woven onto the roof frame to create the thatched roof and bamboo.
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