Smithsonian Institution Building

Myron Andersen. His vision was to have a lumber yard in rural Nebraska that would carry a variety of selection in building materials readily available for contractors in the area. Its first location was only a 2,000 square feet of retail/office space, 8,000 square feet made up the delivery yard and only four hires. The office was opened on 30th avenue originally named “Payless Building Center. In 1985, the business relocated to 2nd avenue, where it currently resides, and became known as…

Building that are built today can reflect the value and attitude of today’s society. The first thing a person who is curious about the aspect of the building is to figure out its purpose whether it is a historical landmark or just there for the designs or decoration. These building should have a meaning behind them it also can teach the upcoming generation what happened and get them interested in their history, it can be very beneficial to their learning experience. Montgomery has Selma to…

of people didn’t have homes for awhile. All of the buildings were destroyed, the whole earthquake was just devastating.What's sad it didn’t have any place to get educated or any food to eat. People were stranded with no transportation, and no water to stay hydrated. The cause of the Haiti earthquake was occurring at a fault that runs right through Haiti. It had a high magnitude of 7.0. The magnitude was huge that it destroyed strong buildings. The…

Floating School Iwan Baan’s series of photographs called, “52 Cities, 52 Weeks: Floating School illustrates the resilience of a fishing village of a pulpous slum area of Lagos, Nigeria called, Makoko (Guardian). The Nigerian government claimed that the homes on stilts had become unsafe, then ordered the homes to be demolished because of the “…heavy rains and rising sea levels…” that have reeked havoc on the community for decades (Guardian). Between the innovation of the architect of the…

The region in which the courtyards were established is in Los Lirios, Rancagua, Chile in 2006. This house, that appears to be a single structure making it look like two houses, serves to assimilate its design to the houses of tenant farmers in countryside of Chile. Since tenant farmers are quite common in Chile, Radic decided to familiarize the concept of his design to theirs. One can view this in the standing walnut trees that are left untouched and on the outside, which it is being blocked by…

Barnet’s city buildings all have an integral relation with public space. His Australian Museum has the expanse of Hyde Park; the Colonial Secretary’s Office, the empty site of the first Government House across the street to the west; Customs House its square facing the quay; the Lands Department, the broad Macquarie Street and the General Post Office, Martin Place. This pairing is demonstrative of the contribution of Barnet’s architecture to civic order and indicates that perhaps Barnet’s civic…

My first stop on the hunt for government offices and or buildings in Snyder is the Scurry County Courthouse. I had no problem finding this building due to how it's located in the center of town and all the main roads lead to the "square" where the Courthouse is located. The buildings address is 1806 25th street. Lainey, Ellis and I met at the building so we could take pictures for each other around 5:42 p.m. and there was no one in the parking lot except our own cars, but there was a bit of…

As a response to your request to investigate the moisture buildup in the master bedroom at unit 5203 Pointmeadows place condominium, a licensed building contractor was sent to inspect your unit. The contractor removed the drywall and insulation above the window in order to find the source of the water intrusion. All areas around the window were found to be dry and in original condition with no sign of intrusion in the outer wall. A couple of photos are included. The contractor believes…

The Industrial Revolution also played a role on the way carpentry was designed. As access to clean lumber increased, the “old fashioned” appearance of framing began to change. The old way of framing houses and other buildings was, “timber framing used large timbers interlocked with chiseled joints (mostly mortise and tenons) secured with wood pegs”(this old house). Balloon framing differs from timber framing because balloon framing was intended to be very light weight due to it being made out of…

Gingerbread House Analysis On December 11th 2017, the critical thinking class started making gingerbread house. Grace’s class decided to make these fun gingerbread houses to bring holiday cheer and celebrate the holidays. This project was a one day project and was very enjoyable. It was very easy and related to the E in STEM. The E stands for Engineering and there was a lot of that. This project only took one class period, which is surprising because the quality of some of them are astonishing…