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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.
The style of design and method of construction of buildings and other physical structures. [9] A unifying or coherent form or structure. [11] Knowledge of art, science, technology, and humanity. [9] The design activity of the architect, [9] from the macro-level (urban design, landscape architecture) to the micro-level (construction details and ...
New home construction, Pittsfield Township, Michigan Units under construction in Brighton, Victoria. Home construction or residential construction is the process of constructing a house, apartment building, or similar residential building [1] generally referred to as a 'home' when giving consideration to the people who might now or someday reside there.
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and supervision of the construction of buildings. Professionally, an architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus an architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a practicum (or internship) for practical experience to earn a license to practice architecture.
A concept map typically represents ideas and information as boxes or circles, which it connects with labeled arrows, often in a downward-branching hierarchical structure but also in free-form maps. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The relationship between concepts can be articulated in linking phrases such as "causes", "requires", "such as" or "contributes to".
High-tech architecture, also known as structural expressionism, is a type of late modernist architecture that emerged in the 1970s, incorporating elements of high tech industry and technology into building design.
In recent times, with the availability of modern construction materials, the appearance and construction of rondavels have changed. They may have concrete foundations, be built with cement blocks or brick, mortared with cement, and/or roofed with corrugated tin.
The fenced front yard of a house in Brewarrina, Australia, with an Australiana painted-tyre-swan lawn ornament.. The history of the Australian front yard is said to have begun with a regulation enacted in New South Wales in 1829 mandating that new houses be built at least 14 ft (4.3 m) from the street to ensure adequate space in front of each house for a garden.