Farnsworth House

Furthermore, more than half of the pre-1940 historic buildings are one or two family type houses. The Greening NYC’s historic buildings manual by the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) stated in their report that solid masonry walls such as layered brick walls in historic buildings ‘’were rarely insulated.’’ At the time, insulation was not required in building envelopes. As a result, most of the one or two family houses in NYC, including the ones with thick brick walls were rarely…

P3a. Description The utilitarian shed located at 186 Pacific Way is a one story post-war shed that was constructed in 1953. It is located a block south of East Washington Boulevard. The surrounding area, including East Washington Boulevard consists mostly of 1940s and 1950s post war sheds and industrial plants. The property located at 186 Pacific Way was associated with the consolidated steel architectural development of the 1940s and 1950s. The industrial shed a vernacular shed and…

asks out of the blue, back turned to me as he undoes his belt buckle. Dear God, I want him to turn around so I can see…see the V I know is there…the trail of dark hair from his navel down…I mean, why deprive me now, right? When he struts around the house half-naked all the…

It is an ordinary December day in 1960, in the sleepy Florida town of Fort Repose. On the river road, Florence Wechek, the local Western Union telegraph manager, awakens and watches the morning news as she makes her breakfast. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States are high—the Russians are launching more Sputnik satellites, and there is a crisis in the Middle East—but as Florence leaves for work, she is more concerned with her neighbor, Randy Bragg, who she suspects of spying…

Watching a neighbor’s house being burned down in the middle of the night is something you never forget. Then to soon realize the man burning the house down was your neighbor, the owner of the house. Burning Montag’s house because he broke the law is unacceptable and completely immoral. It was terrible seeing a new friend of mine’s house burn to the ground because of something he was curious about. No one can ever think or be curious about anything anymore without suffering dire consequences. I…

Being a Carpenter A carpenter has to do a number of things. They have to install windows and molding, inspect and replace damaged structures, measure and cut a variety of different materials. They not only deal with just building, they also have to instruct construction laborers and helpers. Carpenters have to follow directions to! They have to make sure they build the project according to the blueprint, to make their clients happy. Education, Qualifications, and Trainings To become a…

A Review of the Marika-Alderton House Marika-Alderton House (photo 1) which was completed in 1994 was designed for an aboriginal artist, Banduk Marika and her partner. It is located in the Northern Territory, Australia. The house was built with mainly hardwood and plywood with steel frame. The architect, Glenn Murcutt who is a British-born Australian designed this house to show the ideology of environmental and cultural values. He spend three years researching on the aboriginal culture,…

Gallman's, and in the house, she befriends Noah, a young boy who recently lost his mother to cancer. The play focuses on two aspects of change: pocket change and the literal idea of change. In an attempt to get Noah to stop leaving pocket change in his clothes, Noah’s new stepmother, Rose, allows Caroline to keep any of the change left in his clothes. However, when Noah ends up leaving a 20 dollar bill, an argument between the two erupts causing Caroline to leave the house for several days. In…

The Nez Perce homes were longhouses, these homes would have been a more permanent residence. They would have been made out of wood or sticks. These homes would be covered in reeds, grass, or skins. Meanwhile they could have held up to 20-40 people in one. Another kind of home the Nez Perce used were teepees. Unlike the longhouses these homes were used on hunting grounds. This was because they are easy to take down and move. The teepees were made out of deer and buffalo skin. The Nez Perce…

change little by little. It went from big two-story houses with a big yard and a pool too small, destroyed dilapidated houses made from wood, and tin. Little kids were playing with water caps, people not wearing shoes, unpaved dirt roads, and teenage girls carrying a child on their arms. We stopped in this neighborhood. A family of a friend that live there were nice enough to let us see their home. The first thing you see when you walk in the house is the dirt floor. Their kitchen was a dark…