In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room, lounge, sitting room, or drawing room, is a room for relaxing and socializing in a residential house or apartment. Such a room is sometimes called a front room when it is near the main entrance at the front of the house...
But what exactly is light? We catch glimpses of its nature when a sunbeam angles through a dust-filled room, when a rainbow appears after a storm or when a drinking straw in a glass of water looks disjointed. These glimpses, however, only lead to more questions. Does light travel as a...
Making the room habitable involves a lot more.Unlike a simple storeroom, creating a new habitable room is more than banging up the walls and fitting a roof. Walls, floors and roofs must meet minimum standards for the room to provide adequate living conditions. These standards are governed by...
While the support legs were wrought of metal, the habitable space was built of what was—at that time—a relatively novel building material: fiberglass-reinforced plastic. A number of factors motivated this unusual choice, namely the reduction of weight – a Futuro House could be lifted by a ...
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There are many reasons why people use humidifiers, from relieving sinus congestion to creating a more habitable environment for tropical plants. Butwhat does a humidifier do, exactly? One thing that makes winter uncomfortable for humans, even inside a nice warm building, is low humidity. People ...
but when at last a whole shower was dashed against the panes, and bubbled into the room through the decayed casement, he rose angrily, and called threateningly from the window:“Undine!will you for once leave off these childish tricks?and to-day, besides, there is a stranger knight with...
Developed by Carpenter & Company, the tower is 699 feet at its highest habitable spot. One Dalton, the design of which is a collaboration between Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Cambridge Seven Associates, also includes 160 ultra-luxury condos on floors 26 through 61. Closings for those have...
As a tenant, he has the right to a habitable living environment. 7 Roommate Requires mutual agreement on living conditions and rules. The roommates agreed on quiet hours during weekdays. 6 Tenant Directly responsible for paying rent to the landlord. The tenant ensures her rent is paid in full...
There are habitable planets orbiting many of the stars near our Sun. Near Close to in time. The voyage was near completion. Near Close to in nature or degree. His opinions are near the limit of what is acceptable. Near (ambitransitive) To come closer to; to approach. The ship nears th...