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Stilts are a common architectural element in tropical architecture, especially in Southeast Asia and South America, but can be found worldwide. Stilts also have a large prominence in Oceania and Europe as well as the Arctic, where the stilts elevate houses above the permafrost. The length of stilts may vary widely; stilts of traditional houses ...
[5] [6] [7] It was designed by architect Hugh Stubbins as the headquarters for First National City Bank (later Citibank), along with associate architect Emery Roth & Sons. [8] [9] [10] LeMessurier Associates and James Ruderman were the structural engineers, and Bethlehem Steel was the steel subcontractor. [9] [11] The building was dedicated on ...
Unlike many forms of traditional architecture, including stilt architecture, in South and Southeast Asia, the construction of chang ghar is making a resurgence and increasing in popularity, as a result of climate change increasing regular flooding in Assam, and the stilts of the chang ghar is adapted to flooding in the first place. [13]
The house would have been build on an undersized wetlands lot adjacent to the Narrow River.
A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. Knopf, 2013. ISBN 978-1400043590. Reiff, Daniel D. Houses from Books. Penn State Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-271-01943-7. Scully, Vincent. American Architecture and Urbanism. New Revised Edition. New York: Henry Holt, 1988.
10 That Changed America is a series of television documentary films about the history of architecture and urban planning produced by US public service broadcaster PBS member station WTTW from 2013 to 2018. The series is presented by Geoffrey Baer and produced by Dan Protess. [1]
America's Favorite Architecture" is a list of buildings and other structures identified as the most popular works of architecture in the United States. In 2006 and 2007, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) sponsored research to identify the most popular works of architecture in the United States.
Robert T. "Bobby" Burgess Building, DeKalb County Police Department, 3610 Camp Drive (1972) First National Bank of Atlanta, 2849 N. Druid Hills Road NE (ca. 1973) Clairemont Oaks, 441 Clairemont Avenue (1973-1975) DeKalb County Parking Deck, 125 W. Trinity Place (1974) Brevard Professional Building, 246 Sycamore Street (1974)