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Swiss Chalet Revival architecture developed in the United States, emulating the original Swiss chalet style of Switzerland. [1] The style was popular in the U.S. in the early 20th century, approximately coinciding with the Arts and Crafts era. [1] [2] The Bomante House (1905) in Cleveland, Ohio, an example of Swiss Chalet Revival style.
Free plan, in the architecture world, refers to the ability to have a floor plan with non-load bearing walls and floors by creating a structural system that holds the weight of the building by ways of an interior skeleton of load bearing columns. The building system carries only its columns, or skeleton, and each corresponding ceiling.
Name Resorts Base elevation (m) Summit elevation (m) Vertical drop (m) Lifts 1 Ski pistes km Website Gstaad Mountain Rides: Gstaad: 1050: 2971 1921: 69: 250
The hotel was closed from 1941 to 1946 as a result of World War II. Later, renovation work was carried out. In 1963, Suvretta House acquired additional land to protect downhill slopes from building developments. The hotel has been owned by multiple generations of the Bon family. [2] In 1968, management changed to Dorli and Rudolf F Muller. [2]
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.
Villa Senar is an estate built in Switzerland by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He purchased the plot of land near Hertenstein on the shores of Lake Lucerne in 1932. The name of the estate originated from the names of Rachmaninoff and his wife: Sergei and Natalia, by combining the first two letters of each given name and the first of ...
The first plans drafted by architect Philippe Franel (1796–1867) date from September 1839. Franel was the Riviera's star architect at the time. He was responsible for various prestigious buildings in the Vevey region: the Clock Tower, the Trois-Couronnes hotel, Aile Castle, the Part-Dieu building and numerous local houses.
Aluminum southern façade added in 1951. The Villa Le Lac was specifically designed for two elderly people without servants; in this case, Le Corbusier's parents.It measures 64 square metres (690 sq ft) in area, or 4 metres (13 ft) by 16 metres (52 ft), with the longer side following Lake Geneva's coastline.