The Bush train sheds of the Chicago & North Western Railway station, Chicago, ca. 1911.
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Decades of poor maintenance, the construction of a fourth story attic and the addition of a second-floor balcony over the south portico, took a great toll on the brick and sandstone structure of The White House built around a timber frame. By 1948, the house was declared to be in imminent danger of collapse, forcing President Truman to commission a reconstruction.
The work required the complete dismantling of the interior spaces, construction of a new load-bearing internal steel frame and the reconstruction of the original rooms within the new structure. Some modifications to the floor plan were made, the largest being the repositioning of the grand staircase to open into the Entrance Hall, rather than the Cross Hall.
Central air conditioning was added, as well as two additional sub-basements providing space for workrooms, storage, and a bomb shelter. The Trumans moved back into the White House on March 27, 1952.
While the house’s structure was kept intact by the Truman reconstruction, much of the new interior finishes were generic, and of little historic value. Much of the original plasterwork, some dating back to the 1814–1816 rebuilding, was too damaged to reinstall, as was the original robust Beaux Arts paneling in the East Room.
Source: whitehousemuseum.org
Tower Bridge House, London, UK, by Richard Rogers. Photo by Stef De Graeve.
Check also his architecture blog on Tumblr: Somebody Drew That.
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Steel staircase in a house by Nagoya-based Japanese architect Tomoaki Uno.
Source: www5b.biglobe.ne.jp
A live edge slab of cedar is folded and supported at the other end by a hunk of steel I-beam that is 10 inches square and 42 pounds per foot (hence the name ‘10x42’).
Subtle detailing exposes the material quality of each element as the polished steel edge contrasts with a pitted metal patina.
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Photo album of the construction of the Eiffel Tower between 1887 and 1889. All photographs are preserved by the Musée Carnavalet and distributed by Agence Roger-Viollet.
Source: en.yellowkorner.com
Rowing Centre, Badajoz, Spain, by José María Sánchez García. Photo by Roland Halbe.
The centre for rowing and canoeing provides facilities for elite training and competition, connecting with a nearby race area, pier and car park. The centre is a two-storey building and presents two opposite dynamics: lightness and mass, pavilion and cave. The rowing centre is set on a concrete podium capped by a lightweight glazed upper deck. This forms a platform and belvedere overlooking the water, shore and boats.
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