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The White House Celebrates a Birthday - Architecture Archives The White House Celebrates a Birthday - On October 13, 1792, the cornerstone was laid for a presidential home in America's newly designated capital, Washington D.C. The building we see now looked very different from the one constructed in George Wash
The White House Today Despite two hundred years of disaster, discord and remodelings, the original design of the White House by James Hoban remains intact
The White House - Humble Beginnings Like the presidencey itself, the White House in Washington, DC has seen conflict, controversy and surprising transformations.
The White House - Disaster Strikes Only thirteen years after the White House was completed, disaster struck. History of the presidential palace in Washington D.C.
White House Turns 200 The White House -- once called a glamorous prison by Harry Truman celebrates its 200th anniversary on Nov. 1, 2000.
House on the hill: in pursuit of a plain architecture suited to an austere landscape, this house is honed to formal essence
Brian MacKay-Lyons has become known as the originator of a form of Nova Scotian minimalism in which details are pared to a minimum and forms are made ......(Continue Reading) Speaking country French: from a French toile window swag to painted cabinetry and oak floors, this remodeled kitchen takes its design cues from the house's
For a family with three school-age children, a tiny kitchen boxed in by walls just wouldn't do, and Lynn and Dick Quirin knew it from the start. But ......(Continue Reading)Gatehouse Mausoleum: sombre but not heavy, ordered yet irregular, Harmer Architecture's latest mausoleum provides a significant space in which to remember
The house, known as Natural Ellipse, was designed by Masaki Endoh and Masahiro Ikeda on a site at the edge of Shibuya, Tokyo's shopping and entertainment ......(Continue Reading)Eastern pleasure: in Tokyo, a shimmering white dwelling on the edge of the city's entertainment district appears to be an alien, elegant body dropped into
A Craftsman Cottage Besides sheltering three cars, Renee and David Herman's new garage also houses a second-level guest cottage. Adjacent to their ......(Continue Reading)Perfect-mate garages: a great garage goes together with its house like a horse and carriage—with architecture that looks as if it's always been an
The scheme for a voluminous airy house and studio in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia was designed by Luis and Alvaro Fernandez de Cordova Landivar....(Continue Reading)
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