If this house had been built on a slab, the site-prep crew would have trenched around the outside approximately 2 feet deep and then completely leveled the area for the pad. Foundation Slabs, basements and crawl spaces are the three main foundation systems used on houses. In wet and ...
This residence, designed by MXMA Architecture & Design, was built on the heights of La Malbaie for a family wishing to escape the hustle and bustle of the city to live in total immersion with nature. The owner dreamed of a warm refuge where she could rediscover the open horizons over the...
by Mies van der Rohe with its metallic pillars gently touching the ground and causing a very interesting aesthetic effect, nevertheless, it is worth mentioning that its primary function was to protect the house from floods, since, the land on which it was built is on the banks of a river....
surrounding fields. All apartments have a double-height space to the north and wide panoramic views to the south. The logic of the diagonal slab utilized in the V house is broken down in smaller portions for the M house. In this project, the typology of the Unite d' Habitation of Le Co...
The author details how he and his art students created slab houses using clay and glaze. They started the project by spending one class period going over pottery terms and definitions. The next class spent discussing different types of houses and the textures and features they have. It lists ...
So far, the major space-faring nations in the world have revealed ambitious plans to establish lunar bases. In 2017, China launched a cooperation initiative for an international lunar research station, and its first phase will see a basic facility built by 2035 in the lunar south pole region....
Using either mix your own concrete of having it delivered by truck, ready to pour, depends on how much time and effort you have to dedicate to the project. A slab for our 8x10 foot Rancher or a 10 foot gazebo both to a depth of 4 inches will require approximately 1 cubic yard of ...
It is noted for its bespoke architecture where every house is individually designed for a specific client and yet it is a prefabricated house, factory built. The days when prefabricated houses meant uniformity and cheap construction are long gone. On the contrary, more and more builders are ...
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with a long history in Miao Township. The whole village is built along the mountains, where stone houses scatter and the roads made of slab-stone wind and stretch. Surrounding trees flourish and the smoke from the kitchen curls upwards, presenting a tranquil and leisure scene like a paradise....