Townhouse

If anyone takes a minute or two to glance at the architecture around town, it might become apparent that some of the buildings are influenced by earlier time periods. Frierson House in Jonesboro, Arkansas is a historic townhouse modeled after the Parthenon which was built in the Classical Greek period. It is specifically located on 1112 South Main Street. Its construction date is uncertain, but is placed between 1870 and 1910 based on architectural evidence. It is a two story wood house. The…

the older ways of the Cherokee Indian traditions that they did not think the Cherokee were using during this time period (Wilson and Rodning 2002). There were several townhouses located on the creek at Coweeta, and the pottery accumulation consisted of a minimum of 170 vessels, in which 142 of the vessels were found inside the townhouses (Wilson and Rodning 2002). According to Wilson and Rodning (2002), the other 28 vessels come from the village area located around the creek itself. Jars and…

The project includes 225 condominium apartments, 167 street-fronting townhouses and 18 live-work townhouses. Port Credit Village is within easy walking distance of the Port Credit GO Station (commuter rail) and market area of the historic Port Credit community. The redevelopment for Port Credit Village has increased mobility as it linked…

Another classical idea reinterpreted from the Renaissance was the idea of townhouses; known in the Renaissance as “Palazzos” (Frey 325). This is seen as a mortar for architects because there are many townhouses that are built just like the ones invented in the Renaissance, close together, a perfect size, and mostly all are identical to each other. One of the final classical ideas that are influenced…

Executive Back Bay Penthouse Summary This is a summary for an existing headhouse on-top of a Queen Anne Victorian Townhouse in Boston’s Back Bay. Kistler & Knapp Builders will remodel the headhouse to architectural plans. This Back-Bay Project will allow Kistler and Knapp Builders, Inc., by Douglas Stevenson, to continue doing business locally. A brief description of our Back-Bay Penthouse project is as follows. The mission of Kistler and Knapp Builders, Inc. is to remain a high-end…

Envy is a form of hunger, corrupting and mutating a man far beyond revival ... Envy cannot be cured. Feeding this hunger makes a man perpetrate inhumane acts of violence. Every man, woman, and child possess this quality. However the majority of the human population don’t allow their envious behavior to become stronger and further addictive. The majority of humans don’t allow envy to seduce them into committing gruesome acts of humanity. However, there are a handful amount of individuals who bow…

growth was spectacular. A census in 1851 registered 2-1/2 million people in a total of ninety square miles of space, “…up from around a million at the turn of the century.” (Johnson, S. p.12) London was economically diverse with its opulent townhouses of Mayfair and Kensington surrounded by streets of poverty and foul smelling industry. . The storefronts and pubs were in first level housing with crowded apartment living on the upper floors. There were bakeries, museums and art…

The threshold figure which represents percentage of household income spent on shelter which is 30% or more for their house. According to Walks article on ‘Homelessness, housing Affordability, and the New Poverty’ suggest that there are several low- income families facing housing affordability stress. At a time where we’d think that the economy is holding and people should be generating enough income to put towards their housing, mortgage, utilities, and property taxes that is not the case. A…

There were two phases of the Romanesque Revival in America. The first occurred when American builders built buildings resembling the style of Gothic predecessors. An example of a Romanesque building that was built during this time is the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian, sometimes referred to as “The Castle” was built by James Renwick, Jr This building represents phase one of the revival, which did not gain much attention because the Italian and Gothic styles remained…

An idyllic suburban residential community on Chicago's North Shore, Glencoe, Illinois consists mainly of single-family homes, occupied by their owners. The four square mile village is home to approximately 8,762 people, most of whom are professionals who earn over $100,000 per year. From kindergarten to eighth grade, Glencoe's children attend one of the three age-centered schools operated by Glencoe School District 35, followed by attendance at the New Trier Township High School. The high…