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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"townhouse"”.
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Passive solar energy application in townhouse design: a case study
The plan and design of a large housing development project by itself was a difficult task in the past, the energy issue made the options very limited, and the planner and/or engineer deal with the solution more often technically intended with or without considering the energy problem. This study is …
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The Social Production of the Built Environment: the Case of the Townhouse in Harare, Zimbabwe
… on a specific type of built environment -- the townhouse. As a repository of contested cultural ideas and practices, the townhouse stands at the center of often conflicting socio-economic groups defined collectively as a "structure of provision". Using interviews, archival research, and a survey …
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HOUSTEL El Hotel de entre Casa
… base a un modelo de desarrollo de la tipología townhouse que organiza dos pares de parcelas autocontenidas, un modelo utópico del Hotel Esfinge que programa espacios vacíos y un modelo territorial del Salar de Tara que ventila programas hiper congestionados, resulta un modelo genérico sublime de …
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Neighborhood design for Cambridge
… home in the suburbs. It then analyzes townhouse and apartment design as appropriate for the site and sets performance criteria. Critical to the success of a neighborhood design is the creation of workable, attractive street network and parking layout. There problems are examined and …
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Machiya
… Machiya, a Japanese term, translates roughly to townhouse, in English. It is typically a city dwelling which also includes a small shop or metting space that fronts the street. This is the typical dwelling of the urban merchant class. The long of history of its development and its many …
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Examining the Battle House: the greek revival, religion, race relations, and slavery justifications
… 1844 Greek Revival renovation to his Tuscaloosa townhouse I have identified a correlation in Southern domestic architecture between classical motifs and concepts of control and hierarchy. Applying a social history approach I demonstrate how the Battle estate acting as a program serves as one …
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Within the Wrought-Iron Fence: the Hidden Heritage of McCormick Theological Seminary, 1864-1975
… of the old campus, the residents of the historic townhouses, owned individually by the members of the Seminary Townhouse Association, continue to raise families in a caring community and carry on other McCormick traditions. Thus the area within the fence continues as a place of families and …
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"I can live no longer here": Elizabeth Wirt's decision to buy a new house
… area and buying a more fashionable federal townhouse in a predominantly residential area populated by merchants, she attempted to define her family's rank within Richmond society and strengthen their social alliances. ☐ The second section explores houses as accommodations. Here the …
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Connection and Differentiation: Housing for an Urban Renaissance
As architects and planners explore ways to re-introduce housing and attract a stable population into the higher densities of urban environments, the inadequacies of both traditional urban and suburban models of housing become apparent. Issues such as entry, flow of interior space, connection …
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Staging Canova: Sculpture, Connoisseurship and Display, 1780-1843
… exhibition of Canova's Penitent Magdalene in the townhouse of Giambattista Sommariva launched a discussion about expression and the emotional resonance of art. Penitent Magdalene's despair encouraged beholders' self-reflection, and in so doing reinforced notions of individuality and the self, …
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MĚSTSKÝ DŮM NA NÁBŘEŽÍ V PŘEROVĚ
Nároží tvoří dvě hmoty vzájemně propojené terasami. V přízemí jsou prostory určené pro obchod a kavárnu, v patrech se nalézá bydlení. Dům svou jednoduchou formou upevňuje blok a tvoří novou dominantu nábřeží.
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The Different Lives of Spaces - Reconsidering the City Block as a New Neighborhood in Washington Dc
… Washington DC. My thesis project includes 23 townhouses with partial retail, incorporated along an alley in the interior of a city block. The new development is integrated into the existing structure.