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Home styles
Construction; Architecture
The different characteristic of a home influenced by the homes of immigrants: English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italians, and others. contemporary styles is a termed "release from tradition" ...
House shapes
Construction; Architecture
The general top view of the house outline. (Square, Rectangle, L-shaped, U-shaped, H-shaped, etc.
I-beam
Construction; Architecture
A steel beam often used for floor support. Cross section of beam resembles a capital I.
Infiltration
Construction; Architecture
The act of wind blowing into the house through poorly weather-stripped windows and doors.
Insulation
Construction; Architecture
A material designed to control the passing of heat and / or sound.
Abacus
Construction; Architecture
The flat stone slab underneath the entablature that forms the top of the capital of a classical column supporting a beam.
Arch
Construction; Architecture
A curved structure used as a support over an open space, as in a doorway. A Semicircular opening in a wall, or a freestanding structure dependent for its structural stability on the horizontal load ...
