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Gordon Bunshaft
Gordon Bunshaft 1909-90, American architect, b. Buffalo, N.Y. As chief designer for the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill , Bunshaft was responsible for Lever House, New York City's first glass curtain-wall skyscraper (1952), which has been widely imitated. Among his other works... Read more |
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Owings and Merrill Skidmore
Owings and Merrill Skidmore American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897-1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903-84), and John O. Merrill (1896-1975). The firm helped to popularize the International style during the postwar period. Their best-known early work is... Read more |
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housing class
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Five Houses
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Front of House
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Round House
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House-tree-person test
House-tree-person test Definition The house-tree-person test (HTP) is a projective personality test, a type of exam in which the test taker responds to or provides ambiguous, abstract, or unstructured stimuli (often in the form of pictures or drawings). In the HTP, the test... Read more |
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Disorderly House
DISORDERLY HOUSE A place where individuals reside or which they frequent for purposes that pose a threat to public health, morals, convenience, or safety, and that may create a public nuisance. A disorderly house is an all-inclusive term that may be used to describe such places as a house of... Read more |
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chapters and chapter houses
chapters and chapter houses. The chapter house of a monastery, cathedral, or collegiate foundation was second only to the church in importance, and was usually built in close proximity to it. Here the community assembled daily in pre-Reformation times for prayer, for the reading of a chapter in the... Read more |
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Chicago firm wins top honour for Hajj Terminal.
...Institute of Architects (AIA) 25 Year...have stood the test of time for 25 to 35...pilgrims at a time. "This project...team included Gordon Bunshaft, FAIA, Gordon Wildermuth...awards for the ... |