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  2. Villa Savoye - Wikipedia

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    Villa Savoye (French pronunciation:) is a modernist villa and gatelodge in Poissy, on the outskirts of Paris, France.It was designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, and built between 1928 and 1931 using reinforced concrete.

  3. Ottoman architecture - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Ottoman architecture is an architectural style or tradition that developed under the Ottoman Empire over a long period, [ 1] undergoing some significant changes during its history. [ 2] It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century [ 3] and developed from earlier Seljuk Turkish architecture, with influences from ...

  4. Ramparts of Quebec City - Wikipedia

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    The city walls extend 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi), with the southern portions of the ramparts forming a part of the Citadelle of Quebec. The ramparts were first built in 1690 in order to defend the Upper Town of Quebec City. In 1745, the walls were rebuilt further west, modelled after designs created by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry.

  5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    Glossary of architecture. This page is a glossary of architecture . A flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column. A sculptural embellishment of an arch. The subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts.

  6. Cordwood construction - Wikipedia

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    Cordwood masonry wall detail. The method is sometimes called stackwall because the effect resembles a stack of cordwood. A section of a cordwood home. Cordwood construction (also called cordwood masonry or cordwood building, alternatively stackwall or stovewood) is a term used for a natural building method in which short logs are piled crosswise to build a wall, using mortar or cob to ...

  7. Cape Dutch architecture - Wikipedia

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    The main house of the Groot Constantia vineyard near Cape Town. Cape Dutch architecture is an architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa, but modern examples of the style have also been exported as far afield as Western Australia and New Zealand, typically on wine estates. The style was prominent in the early days ...

  8. Buttress - Wikipedia

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    Buttress. A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. [ 1] Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of inadequately braced roof structures.

  9. Exterior insulation finishing system - Wikipedia

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    Exterior insulation and finish system ( EIFS) is a general class of non- load bearing building cladding systems that provides exterior walls with an insulated, water-resistant, finished surface in an integrated composite material system. EIFS has been in use since the 1960s in North America and was first used on masonry buildings.

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