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2. Nathaniel Russell House - Wikipedia

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   Elliptical spiral staircase, which ascends three floors. The house's interior exemplifies the neoclassical style (often called Federal style in the United States; late-Georgian or Adam style in Great Britain; and Louis Seize in France), popular during the last two decades of the 18th century and the first two of the 19th. In their interior ...

3. List of ancient spiral stairs - Wikipedia

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   The spiral stair is a type of stairway which, due to its complex helical structure, has been introduced relatively late into architecture. Although the oldest example dates back to the 5th century BC, [ 1 ] it was only in the wake of the influential design of the Trajan's Column that this space-saving new type permanently caught hold in ancient ...

4. Château de Chambord - Wikipedia

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   The double-spiral staircase One of the architectural highlights is the spectacular open double-spiral staircase that is the centrepiece of the château. [ 1 ] The two spirals ascend the three floors without ever meeting, illuminated from above by a sort of light house at the highest point of the château.

5. Architectural drawing - Wikipedia

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   An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to convince clients of the merits of a design, to assist a building ...

6. Flint House, Buckinghamshire - Wikipedia

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   The plan is long and thin, in places only one room wide. The building's triangular shape also resembles a flint. The house's interior contains an open-plan ground floor with the kitchen at the centre of what is almost an enfilade , which includes a dining room, small sitting room, and a drawing room, beyond which is a study.

7. Stone Bell House - Wikipedia

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   Floor plans: 1 - Entrance hall, 2 - Small spiral staircase, 3 - Passageway to the yard, 4 - Passageway to the chapel, 5 - Lower chapel, 6 - Courtyard, 7 - Large spiral staircase, 8 - Hall on the first floor of the tower, 9 - Private chapel, 10 - Built-on gallery. A chapel is accessible from the passageway through small Gothic portals.

8. Pavillon du Roi - Wikipedia

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   Inside, on the ground floor were the chambers of the Royal Council. In 1672, the Académie Française was relocated there by Jean-Baptiste Colbert. A small spiral staircase, the petit degré du Roi, connects to the upper floors; [3] it still exists but is not accessible to the public. [4]: 71

9. Octagon house - Wikipedia

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   Finally, A superior plan for a good sized house, which is a development of the Fishkill plans, apparently proposed by his engraver. The main feature of his plans is a desire to eliminate unnecessary circulation space, sometimes to the point that the main staircase is inconvenient, and the external veranda is the best way to get around the house.