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House plan. Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade. Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.
Portuguese architecture refers to both the architecture of Portugal 's modern-day territory in Continental Portugal, the Azores and Madeira, as well as the architectural heritage/patrimony of Portuguese architects and styles throughout the world, particularly in countries formerly part of the Portuguese Empire .
Bishops palace in Faro, Portugal. Portuguese Plain Style architecture ( Estilo Chão in Portuguese) refers to a 16th century Portuguese architectural style related to early Mannerism marked by austerity and sobriety of form. The term was coined by the American art historian George Kubler, who defines this style as "vernacular architecture ...
A blueprint is a reproduction of a technical drawing or engineering drawing using a contact print process on light-sensitive sheets introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842. [ 1] The process allowed rapid and accurate production of an unlimited number of copies. It was widely used for over a century for the reproduction of specification drawings ...
The Palace of Queluz ( Portuguese: Palácio de Queluz, Portuguese pronunciation: [kɛˈluʃ]) is an 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a city of the Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District, on the Portuguese Riviera. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europe, [ 1] the palace was conceived as a summer retreat for ...
Portugal was a full member of the Latin Union (1983) and the Organization of Ibero-American States (1949). It has a friendship alliance and dual citizenship treaty with its former colony, Brazil. Portugal and the United Kingdom share the world's oldest active military accord through their Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (Treaty of Windsor), signed in ...
Portuguese colonial architecture. Portuguese-styled townhouses, called sobrados - in Ouro Preto, Brazil. Portuguese colonial architecture refers to the various styles of Portuguese architecture built across the Portuguese Empire (including Portugal). Many former colonies, especially Brazil, Macau, and India, promote their Portuguese ...
Palladian architecture. A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladio's I quattro libri dell'architettura, in an English translation published in London, 1736. Plan for Palladio's Villa La Rotonda ( c. 1565) – features of the house were incorporated in numerous Palladian-style houses throughout Europe over the following centuries.