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Buildings
A building is a permanent construction or structure that is built for human habitation. It may be for housing, commerce, industry, education, or other purpose. Questions pertaining to the history and construction of structures which house people at work or home are found in this category.
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What are the 10 fundamental elements of architecture?
do you mean:
site, ground, path, enclosure, barrier/wall, opening, canopy, support/frame, marker, focus.
from Unwin i think (or maybe ching or somewhere else)
What is the tallest building in Poland?
Rank Building City Spire Roof Floors Built 1 Sky Tower Wroclaw 283 m 243 m 77 (expected) 2011-2012 2 Palace of Culture and Science Warsaw 237 m 188 m 42 1955 3 Warsaw Trade Tower Warsaw 208 m 184 m 43 1999 4 Rondo 1 Warsaw 192 m 159 m 40 2006 5 Hotel Marriott Warsaw 170 m* 140 m 40 1989 6 Warsaw Financial Center Warsaw 165 m 144 m 34 1998 7 Hotel InterContinental Warsaw 164 m 154 m 45 2004 8 Oxford Tower Warsaw 150 m* 140 m 42 1979 9 Intraco Building I Warsaw 138 m* 107 m 39 1975 10 Altus Katowice 125 m* 106 m 29 2002 11 TP S.A. Tower Warsaw 128 m 128 m 30 2001 12 PAZIM Szczecin 122 m* 92 m 22 1992 13 Blue Tower Warsaw 120 m 100 m 28 1991 14 Lucka City Warsaw 120 m 106 m 30 2004 15 Millennium Plaza Warsaw 116 m 112 m 28 1999 16 ORCO Tower Warsaw 115 m 115 m 26 1996 17 Novotel Warsaw Warsaw 111 m* 106 m 33 1974 18 Collegium Altum Poznań 106 m 83 m 21 1991 19 Babka Tower Warsaw 105 m 96 m 28 2002 20 Biurowiec Wojewódzki Katowice 105 m* 90 m 22 1985 21 Cracovia Business Center Kraków 105 m 88 m 20 1998 22 Golden Terraces Warsaw 105 m 105 m 26 2007 23 Ilmet Building Warsaw 103 m 83 m 22 1997 24 Andersia Tower Poznań 102 m 84 m 21 2007
How is an internal plant area defined?
Plants are multicellular organs with either rigid or flexible cell walls. The cell walls contain cellulose as well. They produce their own food from organic substances nearby.
Kinfauns is a house outside of Claremont Fan Court School, esher, which house a famous member of The Beatles, George Harrison.
How do you do a construction takeoff?
Take-off is taking measurements and obtaining quantities of materials from a set of plans and specifications that will be required to complete a project. There are many different methods and software programs that make this process more methodical than just starting on page 1 and going through, but the goal is to come up with quantities to be matched with pricing (construction estimating) to determine the cost of materials in a project.
What is the responsibility of operators of apartment buildings?
Their goal is to preserve the asset and increase its value over time through proper management techniques, while generating current income
A Is a unit part of a structure such as a column beam or girder?
Columns, beams and girders are all part of any structure and shouldn't be moved without another support added beside it. The added support has to also be placed in a way that it will fully support whatever the column beam or girder was previously supportong
Increasing the air gap between double-paned windows beyond what is necessary can reduce heat loss due to the additional insulation. The wider the air gap, the more effective it is at preventing heat transfer between the indoor and outdoor environments. However, there may be diminishing returns beyond a certain point, as the benefits become less significant with each increase in gap width.
What does Pennsylvania's state capitol building look like?
Renaissance Revival which means that it looks like an overpriced government building with form as more important than function.
What is the largest opera house in Europe?
The largest opera house in Europe is the Bastille Opera house in Paris with a capacity of over 2700 seats.
What is the building in Chicago in Transformers 3 where the decepticons place the 4 pillars?
35 East Wacker Building
A ceiling in which the beams and cross-beams leave a regular pattern of square or multi-sided sunken panels, or coffers, each of which is often decorated with molded, carved and painted decoration.
Colonnade .
How much is the freedom tower silver coins worth?
this rare u.s. coin is worth however much a man will pay for it
Can spiral stairs be used for emergency exits in modern buildings?
Our local Fire Marshal allowed them - -and there are several in buildings in this area.
Waterford, VT
What's left of the world trade center?
well i believe that there is nothing left of the world trade center After the attacks, the shell of the under tower garage to the 6th floor were still there including the full lobby with escalators but now it is just ground zero and the building site of the new world trade centers.
Two-way slabs are rectangular reinforced-concrete slabs that are supported on all sides. The reinforcement is placed perpendicular to the sides.
The Apollo Theatre is in the West of London on Shaftesbury Avenue in Westminster.
There is also a theatre called the Apollo Victoria Theatre which is the home of Wicked! the musical. That is located in Victoria on Wilton Road in London.
What was the Conical Tower in Africa used for?
The Conical Tower is located in the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. It is a large tower built out of solid granite blocks throughout was one of the last structures to be built in the Great Enclosure. It is unknown what the tower was specifically built for, and traditionally it has been said to represent a grain bin, which symbolizes good harvest and prosperity. It has also been thought to be the chief's residence, a court for the wives of the chief, or a premarital initiation school.
