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2 BUILDING TYPES : PUBLIC STRUCTURE : WOOD A FRAMING IN
VERNACULAR CONSTRUCTION IS DIrectly. Church design centers on the
placement of the entrance , the shape of the congregational space , and the
location of vertical ...
2 BUILDING TYPES : PUBLIC STRUCTURE : WOOD A FRAMING IN
VERNACULAR CONSTRUCTION IS DIrectly. Church design centers on the
placement of the entrance , the shape of the congregational space , and the
location of vertical ...
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An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. MASONRY
CONSTRUCTION REFERS TO THE BUILDing of load - bearing walls of brick ,
stone , hollow tile , cast block , or concrete . Such bearing walls carry their own
weight as well as ...
An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. MASONRY
CONSTRUCTION REFERS TO THE BUILDing of load - bearing walls of brick ,
stone , hollow tile , cast block , or concrete . Such bearing walls carry their own
weight as well as ...
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House construction has used this heavy wall construction , and many commercial
buildings have it , particularly on the lower levels — the foundation and first floor .
Sometimes the load - bearing wall will give a building a defini . tive shape and ...
House construction has used this heavy wall construction , and many commercial
buildings have it , particularly on the lower levels — the foundation and first floor .
Sometimes the load - bearing wall will give a building a defini . tive shape and ...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary And History |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442227396, 9780442227395 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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