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A-1 Buildings intended for the production and viewing of performing arts or motion pictures (theaters, concert halls). A-2 Buildings intended for food and/or drink consumption (restaurants). A-3 Buildings intended for worship, recreation or amusement and other assembly uses not otherwise classified. A-4 Buildings intended for viewing of indoor ...
An interstitial space is an intermediate space located between regular-use floors, commonly located in hospitals and laboratory-type buildings to allow space for the mechanical systems of the building. By providing this space, laboratory and hospital rooms may be easily rearranged throughout their lifecycles and therefore reduce lifecycle cost.
4-over-1 and 3-over-1 in the background 5-over-1 style apartment buildings in Austin, Texas. 5-over-1 or over-1s, also known as a one-plus-five or a podium building, [1] is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America. [2] [3] The mid-rise buildings are normally constructed with four or five wood ...
Low-rise (less than 7 stories) Mid-rise (7–25 stories) High-rise (more than 25 stories), including skyscrapers (over 40 stories) Office buildings by quality [3] [4] Trophy or 5-star building: A landmark property designed by a recognized architect. Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market; well-located; above ...
v. t. e. In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure. Dimensions are usually drawn between the walls to specify room sizes and wall lengths.
SRO units are rented out as permanent residence and/or primary residence [2] to individuals, within a multi-tenant building where tenants share a kitchen, toilets or bathrooms. SRO units range from 7 to 13 square metres (80 to 140 sq ft). [3] [1] In some instances, contemporary units may have a small refrigerator, microwave, or sink. [1]
Dingbat (building) A dingbat is a type of apartment building that flourished in the Sun Belt region of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, a vernacular variation of shoebox style "stucco boxes". Dingbats are boxy, two or three-story apartment houses with overhangs sheltering street-front parking. [1] They remain widely in use today as ...
During 1961, Lagutenko's institute released the K-7 design of a prefabricated 5-story building that became typical of the khrushchevka. 64,000 units (3,000,000 m 2 or 32,000,000 sq ft) of this type were built in Moscow from 1961 to 1968. The khrushchevkas were cheap, and sometimes an entire building could be constructed within two weeks.