Famous Buildings
Famous Irish buildings
By Tom Deignan, Contributor James Hoban, Architect of the White House. In 1785, a newspaper in Philadelphia carried this advertisement: “Any gentleman who wishes to build in an elegant style, may hear of a person properly calculated for that purpose who can execute the Joining and Carpenter’s business in the modern taste. James Hoban. Hoban was an Irishman, born in Kilkenny. George Washington never did see Hoban’s ad. But he did choose the Irishman in 1792 when it came time to build the White House. All in all, it is easy to see Hoban as the ultimate…
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Urbanisation is one of the main trends shaping our world today. As cities grow and new buildings appear across the globe, we must look closely at the places where we live, work, and play. It is in these spaces that some of the biggest energy challenges can be seen… and answered. Energy efficiency is one. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, energy consumed by buildings has grown to around 40% of total consumption. Should this trend continue, buildings may soon become the biggest consumer of energy worldwide. In light of these figures…
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The term Victorian architecture describes several - predominantly revival - architectural styles that were popular from the mid- to the end of the 19th century; this period largely corresponds to the so-called Victorian era or the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) after whom it was named. Though the leading Victorian architects were more or less guided by architectural styles of past periods, some of the world s most iconic buildings have been constructed during the Victorian era. Examples include: Palace of Westminster Home to the Houses of Parliament…
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“Between the Lines”: Daniel Libeskind and His Design Plans Architect Daniel Libeskind’s “Between the Lines” design won the competition in 1989 for the “Extension of the Berlin Museum with a Jewish Museum Department.” It was the first time that one of his designs was actually built. The Libeskind building is outwardly freestanding and independent. To reach the permanent exhibition, visitors must walk through an underground passageway from the entry area in the adjacent baroque Old Building. Daniel Libeskind designed the floor plan based on two lines:…
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We are modern people. Sometimes, we are moving with too high speed, forgetting about all the consequences. Just look at modern cities and you will see how much the world changed with the short period of time. We build skyscrapers, we conquer more and more space and, at the same time, we produce a lot of waste. Every conscious citizen of our planet tries to learn more about the ways to keep it safer. This article is created to show you that when it comes to construction waste, each attempt to minimize the harm it can cause matters
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The Glasgow School of Art is often considered to be Charles Rennie Mackintosh s finest work and is now one of Glasgow s most famous buildings. Colin Bisset takes a look inside and finds a building full of contradictions: spare but ornamented, distinctly Scottish but also international. Like many great designers, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an outsider, and a Scottish one at that. Perhaps that explains why he was appreciated more by Europeans than the British. He was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and their reverence for natural forms…
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It s Saturday morning and something is happening next door. Joan: Steve, what s all that noise outside? Steve: Just a minute, I ll have a look. . Oh! It looks as if the new next door neighbours are moving in. It s a bit early, isn t it? Ah well I guess we d better get up. It s amazing how quickly the houses are selling round here, the Browns only put theirs on the market about a month ago. Where did they move to in the end? I think he told me they were buying a detached house in Surbiton. Sounds nice. I hope the new neighbours are nice. Well, I…
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We don’t have individual building age open data in the UK, unlike in some other countries (the data has been used to great effect in New York City and Amsterdam) but the Valuation Office Agency, which amongst other things decides council tax bandings for residential properties, has published some interesting data on how old houses are in England and Wales – it’s their “dwelling ages” dataset. A separate governmental organisation, the ONS, publishes house prices summaries, at a relatively small-area* scale, on a quarterly basis for the previous year…
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We re good at seeing the big picture,says Jane Duncan, who has run her own practice in Amersham for 15 years. This could mean maximising a property s potential, reconfiguring rooms or overcoming a building s constraints. It was exactly that big picture that Christian Allsop says he lacked during his extravagant conversion of four, separate flats, into one huge home in Chelsea 12 years ago. He saved money by not employing an architect, but once he started living in the house, he realised it didn t quite hang together. We ve got a very dark basement…
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