How people live. Unit 4
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:57 pm
In Tibet the average people live in a simple bungalow with stone bounding wall. Girders are used as framework, and the section of the wood column is shaped round; the upper is thin and the lower part thick;
Houses in Jamaica were building during the Georgian period. It includes a front porch, a strict symmetry of facada, and occasional Palladian flourishes and verandas appeared on side and rear elevations.
A third of the world's population lives in mud-brick houses In warm regions with very little timber available to fuel a kiln, bricks were generally sun dried. This had the result that their useful lifespan is reduced to around thirty years
http://www.redcliffe.net.au/
Ghar il-Kbir (the Great Cave) in Malta is the best-known of these settlements. It consists of eight smaller caves, on two different levels, surrounding a large natural cavern. The roof of the cavern (technically called a ‘karst hollow’) has collapsed. The cave dwellers inhabit the smaller caves, having built stone walls inside (as well as at the entrance) to separate their living quarters.
Houses in Jamaica were building during the Georgian period. It includes a front porch, a strict symmetry of facada, and occasional Palladian flourishes and verandas appeared on side and rear elevations.
A third of the world's population lives in mud-brick houses In warm regions with very little timber available to fuel a kiln, bricks were generally sun dried. This had the result that their useful lifespan is reduced to around thirty years
http://www.redcliffe.net.au/
Ghar il-Kbir (the Great Cave) in Malta is the best-known of these settlements. It consists of eight smaller caves, on two different levels, surrounding a large natural cavern. The roof of the cavern (technically called a ‘karst hollow’) has collapsed. The cave dwellers inhabit the smaller caves, having built stone walls inside (as well as at the entrance) to separate their living quarters.