Longhouses in Borneo, Southeast Asia
The traditional house structure in the Southeast Asian island of Borneo (now Kalimantan) is a longhouse (Rumah Panjang in Malay, Rumah Panjai in Iban). (…)
Longhouses in North America
The Native American longhouse came up in the northeast and along the west and northwest coast of North America. (…)
Longhouses in Europe
Archaeologists and anthropologists have identified two longhouse types in Europe; now both are extinct. (…)
Construction Methods of Log Houses
Scandinavian Full-Scribe (also called ‘chinkless’ method) where logs are scribed, custom fitted to one another, and notched where they overlap at the corners
Flat-on-flat (logs are flattened on top and bottom and stacked)
Milled log homes often are constructed with a variation of ‘flat-on-flat’
Butt-and-Pass where unscribed logs butt up against each other at the corners without notching
Half-Log where the structure is built with conventional (non-log) techniques. (…)
Italianate Style in Australia
The Italianate architecture was widely accepted in Australia. A prime example is in Melbourne – the standing official residence of the Governor of Victoria. (…)
Italianate Style in the United States
The Italianate style spread beyond England and was used in varying forms (much after it fell out of favor in Britain) all over Northern Europe and the British colonies. (…)
Italianate style in England
John Nash is considered as the first exponent of the Italianate style of architecture in England. (…)
International Style in Other Parts of the World
The International Style architecture carried no reference to specific regions, local history or national expressions. (…)
International Style in USA
In the United States, the International Style architecture is found in the designs of Louis Sullivan, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Irving Gill on the West Coast. (…)
International Style in Europe
By the turn of the 20th century, architects across the world began attempting to incorporate the emerging social demands and technological developments in traditional architecture. (…)
Flats/Apartments
Apartment: an independent living unit often referred to as a flat in United Kingdom and other British-influenced regions. (…)
Gothic Architecture - 20th Century and Beyond
At the turn of the 20th Century, technological developments such as the light bulb, the elevator, and steel framing caused many to see architecture that used load-bearing masonry as obsolete. (…)
Modern Gothic
The beginning of the twentieth century brought many innovations to architecture. One of these innovations was steel framing. (…)
French “Iron Gothic” Movement
France’s Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was a leading architect of the Gothic Revival period. He was a brilliant theorist, but was also well known for his masterful work in restoration. (…)
“Morality” of Gothic Architecture
Those who admired Gothic architecture also tended to admire the period in history that gave rise to it. In part, their admiration extended to the “purer” ethos of the medieval period. (…)