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The traditional adobe roof has been generally constructed using a mixture of soil / clay, water, sand, and other available organic materials.
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More traditional adobe roofs were often flatter than the familiar steeped roof as the native climate yielded more sun and heat than mass amounts of snow or rain that would find use in precipitous roofs.
Some 78, 000 poorly engineered homes were destroyed mainly in the densely packed areas of the old city where traditional adobe housing predominated.
Harran is famous for its traditional ' beehive ' adobe houses, constructed entirely without wood.
Coro's traditional buildings were built with techniques based on the use of earth ( adobe, and earth reinforced with a plant structure in a technique called " bahareque ").
Hassan Fathy ( 1900 – 1989, Arabic: حسن فتحي ) was a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to re-establish the use of mud brick ( or adobe ) and traditional as opposed to western building designs and lay-outs.
The structures were constructed using traditional adobe processes.
The adobe buildings, constructed using traditional methods, continue in use today and are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The traditional thick, un-insulated adobe has proven to perform best in regions without harsh winters or where daily sun is predictably available during those cold periods.
While the traditional wood-fired oven is a masonry oven, such ovens can also be built out of adobe, cob, or even cast iron.
When used in house construction in developing countries, it can provide better resistance to fire, earthquake, and corrosion than traditional materials, such as wood, adobe and stone masonry.
The Historic Landmark ' statement of significance ' described the Los Alamos Ranch House as: " Probably the finest surviving example of the Mexican period traditional one story adobe ranchhouse in its rural setting, Rancho Los Alamos, was granted in 1839 to José Antonio de la Guerra, the son of the Commandant José de la Guerra y Noriega of the Presidio of Santa Barbara.
Within the gardens are numerous creeks trickling along the irregated paths, as well as traditional adobe brick homes which provide much of the housing for the " Maleh " district of Semnan.
These structures share many properties with traditional adobe construction.
The town has narrow streets and some traditional adobe houses with red tile roofs can still be seen.
This technique provided her dwelling with the excellent insulating characteristics of adobe, while protecting that building material from erosion problems during the rainy season, and destruction by earthquake, two problems with traditional adobe construction.
Other than the unusual method of using materials, the original home exhibited the familiar layout of the traditional adobe: a strip of connected rooms with an external corridor.
In the old city and the adjacent Tudun Wada neighbourhood people typically reside in traditional adobe compounds.
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These vehicles are often converted full-size station wagons that may or may not feature a traditional landau roof and bars, although in recent years, following the end of the full-size station wagon era, the preference has shifted towards minivans with slide-over landau bar panels for the third row windows.
On the roof is a modern version of a traditional oval Samoan architecture of Samoa | fale.
In Korea, oak bark is used to make shingles for traditional roof construction.
* The traditional civil architecture in Segovia style tile roof and decorated in the traditional sgraffiti on the walls.
Rumah gadang ( Minangkabau: ' big house ') or rumah bagonjong ( Minangkabau: ' spired roof house ') are the traditional homes of the Minangkabau.
A Greek Doric order, rendered in the anomalous form of pilasters, contrasts with the hipped roof and boldly-scaled cupola and lantern, of wholly traditional baroque inspiration.
One Canada Square uses a traditional roof circuit for its lightning protection system.
In traditional Chinese architecture, wood components such as beams, brackets, roof frames and struts were made to interlock with perfect fit, without using fasteners or glues, enabling the wood to expand and contract according to humidity.
The second architectural category makes special use of traditional tiled roof designs and includes the People's Culture Palace and the Grand People's Study House, both in P ' yongyang, and the International Friendship Exhibition Hall at Myohyang-san.
But instead of giving them the traditional candy, Donald deliberately puts firecrackers in their bags, then pulls a string leading to a rigged bucket of water hanging under the porch roof and tips it on the boys, causing the boys to get soaked and wet.
In some cases, an inflatable roof is added to an otherwise traditional structure: the biggest example in the world was the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia.
This was a radical departure from traditional church architecture with its grey plaster finish, copper roof, slim spire, hexagonal angles and modern design throughout.
The roof is the dominant feature of traditional Japanese architecture.
On a modern note, the ballpark features a retractable roof, luxury suites, extensive food and beverage selection beyond traditional ballpark fare, and modern clubhouse amenities for players, as well as technology that allows spectators to monitor special game-time features with Nintendo DS receivers, and is fully ADA-accessible.
These cars are designed for high platform rail line, such as all the existing stations with a standardized high platform and the rolling stock end doors that connect to any traditional single floor car and even roof line aerodynamics.
The roof, a real architectural gem, has the shape of a traditional Korean kite, is 50 meters high, is supported by 16 masts and covers 90 % of the stadium ’ s seats.
The altar framework is covered by a traditional wooden roof, called a barrel roof.
One of the area's oldest buildings is the old building of P. S. 1 ( the Tottenville School ), dating from 1878, and is unique for its traditional sloped roof.
The traditional roof of the car park at the airport.
The Falahaty Mansion used a pitched roof as it was regular beside the flat roofs in the traditional buildings in Ilam earlier.
Image: Westray House. jpg | A ruined house on Westray with traditional flag-stone roof
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The traditional strategy of the South has been to expose the vices of the North, to demonstrate that the North possessed no superior virtue, to `` show the world that '' as James's Christopher Newman said to his adversaries ) `` however bad I may be, you're not quite the people to say it ''.
One reason is, of course, that the new scepticism has been willing to maintain the general picture of the invasions as portrayed in the traditional sources.
Because of its traditional lines, it probably has more kid appeal than any other model.
Certainly, it is the traditional clarity of his music which has endeared him to the Western World -- not his experimentations.
The champagne at Troyes, the traditional capital of the champagne country, has more ambrosial taste somehow than it has at a sidewalk cafe on the Rue de la Paix or at Tour D'Argent.
The paper has a certain value as a comparatively easy introduction to this approach, particularly since it treats a fairly simple and straightforward phenomenon where it is possible to compare it with a more traditional ( though not structural ) statement.
The AWOC has been able to employ the traditional weapons of labor -- the strike and the picket line -- with considerable success, particularly in the area of wages.
`` This is a long picture and a controversial one, but basically it is a moral, enthralling and heartbreaking description of humans who have become unlinked from life as perhaps Rome has from her traditional political, cultural and religious glories ''.
Of course, the crowning event that has dramatically upset the traditional pattern of English religious history was the friendly visit paid by Dr. Fisher, then Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Vatican last December.
Roughly 26 % are followers of traditional forms of Protestantism ( Congregationals, Methodists, Baptista, Lutherans, Reformed ), but over the last decades there has in addition been a growth of Pentecostal communities and African Initiated Churches.
It is a very traditional form of the language, probably derived from medieval deeds and documents, and has a very complicated structure and vocabulary which is generally reserved only for such documents.
The most common criticism of HH Price's afterlife hypothesis has come from the religious community as his suggestions are not consistent with traditional Christian teaching, nor the teachings of any other monotheistic religion.
He is a prominent defender of agrarian values and has an appreciation for traditional farming.
The main scholarly outlet has been the journal Annales d ' Histoire Economique et Sociale (" Annals of economic and social history "), founded in 1929 by Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch, which broke radically with traditional historiography by insisting on the importance of taking all levels of society into consideration and emphasized the collective nature of mentalities.
This has become attractive since the 1990s, especially since more traditional spring break places such as Daytona Beach, Florida have become restrictive on drinking and other behaviors.
A traditional food plant in Africa, amaranth has the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable land care.
The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash ( note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24 ).
Arbor Day ( 植樹節 ) has been a traditional holiday in the Republic of China since 1927.
The advent of fly by wire and electro-actuated flight surfaces ( rather than the traditional hydraulic ) has increased safety.
The back and sides of a particular guitar are typically made of the same wood ; Brazilian or East Indian rosewood and Honduras mahogany are traditional choices, however, maple has been prized for the figuring that can be seen when it is cut in a certain way ( such as " flame " and " quilt " patterns ).
Ayahuasca has also stirred debate regarding intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge.
It has the traditional name Alioth.
Because of the radical departure from traditional behavior and theatrical convention involved in Nora's leaving home, her act of slamming the door as she leaves has come to represent the play itself.
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