Sentences with phrase «masonry buildings»

There is a large existing stock of uninsulated mass masonry buildings: their uninsulated walls result in poor energy performance, which is commonly addressed with the retrofit of interior insulation.

Neuhauser, Ken; «Evaluation of Two CEDA Weatherization Pilot Implementations of an Exterior Insulation and Over Clad Retrofit Strategy for Residential Masonry Buildings in Chicago», Building America Report — 1311, Building Science Corporation, August 2013.

Older two floor masonry buildings survived; twentieth century masonry structures didn't fare as well.

Its outstretched wings point to two very different sections of this East End borough: on one side of Sclater street, old 2 - story, arched masonry buildings are adorned with tags... Continue reading Street Art In Shoreditch

Chachabamba, an intimate cluster of masonry buildings facing a ceremonial plaza, is an exquisite introduction to the Inca integration of landscape, architecture and religion.

Xunantunich Xunantunich archaelogical site with its vaulted masonry buildings and elaborately carved stone and stucco friezes, has a history going back more than 1,400 years.

You are joining us in one of the oldest masonry buildings in our area dating back to 1836.

Around 59 percent of them died as a result of the collapse of masonry buildings, and 28 % of them due to secondary effects such as tsunami or landslides.

Baisley Park Community Library opened in 1970 and is located in a 7,500 square - foot multi-level masonry building that houses a collection of 57,180 items.

Boston's maximum height restriction of 125 feet was established three years after the 196 foot tall Ames Building was completed and it was the tallest masonry building in the United States at the time.

A piyasan, or pavilion serves as a place for place offerings, and for the priest who officiate the ceremony, and a gedong, a masonry building to store equipments for ceremony.

To the north stands the North Temple or Temple of the Bearded Man, a small masonry building with detailed bas - relief carvings on the inner walls, including a center figure that has carving under his chin that resembles facial hair.

It's hard enough to retrofit a relatively modern masonry building; I'm not sure what strategies even exist for retrofitting a medieval village.

A diagnostic initial blower door test, done when the external envelope was completed on one of the development's show houses, took place on December 12 and delivered a worldbeating result of 0.16 air changes per hour (ACH), well inside the passive house standard of 0.6 ACH and the best result this magazine has ever noted for a masonry building.

Financial considerations lay behind the decision to go with masonry build.

Building type: 167 square metres, two storey, wide cavity masonry build Location: Letterard, Co..

The final blower door test result on the show house of 0.20 — coincidentally in both air changes per hour and m3 / hr / m2 at 50 Pascals — is one of the best results Passive House Plus has ever encountered, in particular for a masonry building.

The detached masonry build had beaten the 0.6 ACH passive house airtightness target during a blower door test a few days earlier.

If you live in a new construction brick or masonry building with hurricane - resistant windows such as Pierhouse at Channelside, the amount of risk you retain is significantly lower than if you live in a frame house with a shingle roof that's been divided into apartments.

This conveniently located yet private home has a delicately finished masonry build on the lower level and elegant hand made post and beam design upstairs with high end finishes in excellent condition.

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If you are building with flying butresses and a vaulted masonry ceiling you have already failed.

The poem begins with a restless longing for freedom, and an image of her digging herself out of an old masonry stronghold that a thousand years had built for her.

Designed by architect Suzane Reatig, the church is composed of two elements: an L - shaped, solid masonry wing for offices, administrative services, a kitchen, a library and a chapel, and a rectangular glass and steel box with a barrel - vaulted roof for the main sanctuary, wrapped by the masonry L - shaped building on two sides.

If the task of Masonry is to lead souls to perdition, bringing them to the worship of false divinities, the task of ecclesiastical Masonry on the other hand is that of destroying Christ and his Church, building a new idol, namely a false christ and a false church.»

Christ (and later the writers of the New Testament) taught that we shoud gather together to worship and discuss how better to serve both God and our fellow men and women, but nothing about building elaborate piles of masonry and writing tomes of regulations.

Building a house, using carpentry and masonry skills, and inserting god into the necessary mathematical equations would end with disastrous results.

Spray - applied concrete, or shotcrete, was then sprayed on the building's entire west elevation to add structural integrity to the deteriorated masonry wall.

The building was in need of miscellaneous masonry repairs and was not watertight.

I know of three ways to achieve similar results at home, short of building a masonry oven.

Alan Scott and Dan Wing's «The Bread Builders» details how to build a masonry oven, and Kiko Denzer's «Build Your Own Earth Oven» does the same for the simpler earth ovens, but it's really more than most bakers will want to do, or be able tbuild a masonry oven, and Kiko Denzer's «Build Your Own Earth Oven» does the same for the simpler earth ovens, but it's really more than most bakers will want to do, or be able tBuild Your Own Earth Oven» does the same for the simpler earth ovens, but it's really more than most bakers will want to do, or be able to do.

Phelps Cement Products, a cornerstone in the Western New York market since 1946 has served the greater Rochester and Finger Lakes area in the manufacturing of concrete masonry units and related building products.

The substantial renovation of this six - story building, originally constructed in 1983, included the installation of new windows and doors; a new insulated roofing system; masonry repointing; elevator car modernization; a state of the art entry monitoring system; emergency back - up generator; electric baseboard heaters, and a new deck and entry canopy.

This included cleaning, repairing, and repointing the building's brick and masonry, installation of new retractable awnings, and the replacement of the business's signature neon with a brand new replica sign fabricated locally by All American Sign WNY.

A&F Property Holdings, which is registered to Atanas and Froska Crngarov of West Seneca, wanted to build a one - story brick or concrete masonry facility on a 0.481 - acre site at 2516 Main.

Frazer Pre-K-8 - $ 7.1 million - Masonry repairs, site improvements and security improvements - Students remain in building during construction

Rehabilitate Red House Administration Building, including exterior windows and doors, masonry and drainage

The perception in the public mind was that the ship exuded modernity and comfort, giving a great impression of solidity and safety — the same way a bank built of solid masonry does even as it founders from unstable finances.

In Hanoi, Vietnam, he found homes built with masonry and other materials that don't absorb water like drywall and siding, which often require flooded residences to be rebuilt.

My results show that their tradition of using masonry, wattle and daub, stucco and ramada roofs, as well as semi-circular, circular and squared shapes of buildings, can be discerned in some types of Spanish churches,» he says.

Unreinforced brick masonry and stone buildings have been shown to be especially vulnerable to earthquakes,» said Erol Kalkan, a research structural engineer at USGS and guest editor of the SRL special issue, which features six technical reports that cover different aspects of the magnitude 6.0 South Napa earthquake on August 24, 2014.

Dubbed the Great Pompeii Project, it focuses on draining and securing embankments, restoring masonry and decorated surfaces, and protecting buildings from weathering.

At the height of its cultural heyday, 12 stone masonry «great houses» and other structures were built there, along with a network of ceremonial roads linking Chaco with other Pueblo sites in the Southwest.

Inspecting the aftermath of earthquakes throughout the developing world, I've seen a lot of collapsed buildings that were made of unreinforced masonry.

Where we have worked in China, Indonesia and Haiti, builders were trying to use a method called confined masonry to construct stronger buildings: masonry walls are confined by reinforced concrete beams and columns.

Entire streets are cordoned off because of the risk of falling masonry, saplings have taken root on the steps of the Regional Council building, and patterned curtains flap in the open windows of houses where the ceilings have collapsed.

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It had been buried in the masonry of the school's old building by teachers and now - long - grown students.

A steeply sloping site meant a traditional (masonry) construction wasn't viable and led the design team to develop proposals for a light weight timber building set on a simple raised deck, providing level access to the existing building with the opportunity for unique views from the classroom into the tree canopy.

The sample home we looked at for quotes was made of brick / masonry veneer and built in 2008.