Research for Sketchup Historical Houses Assignment
igloos
Viking house
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:-FE_w3yHJDWzM:http://www.irishthatchowner
s.com/images/Jim%27s/jim%27s%2520thatc
h%2520052.JPG
The whole Viking house is made out of straw.
http://www.minniepauz.com/icehotel_1.jpg
The whole igloo is made out of ice.
Japanese castles
Tudor house
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7
/79/Nagoya_Castle(Edit2).jpg
The roof is made out of brick and the body is
concrete/cement.
Roman villa
Italian villa
http://www.beautifulmalta.com/files/images/roma
n-villa-and-museum.jpg
It is made from bricks. Have very historic colours.
Taj Mahal
Sketchup historical house project
http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/histor
y/tudor/tudor_houses/080612_rfoster_mp_
his_tudors_tudorhouses_stanley_palace.jpg
http://www.fauxfinish.com/FauxFinish/image
s/Mah5asnap.jpg
they’re mostly made out of cement, and have
varies of clours
Mediterranean house
26/08/09
Rachel Gao
http://www.funonthenet.in/images/stories/forwar
ds/Taj%20Mahal/taj-mahal.jpg
made out of cement, bricks and white
http://www.minkler-houseplans.com/images/Meisenholderresidence.jpg
made out cement, concrete
mostly white
Facts:
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Igloos are made of blocks of ice and usually are shelters made by explorers. Though it’s
always to be thought “wouldn’t it be colder in the igloo?” unexpectedly it is warmer than
outside when there is body heat inside. For example, outside -45degrees C inside- 7degrees
C
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Like European castles, the castles of Japan were built to guard important or strategic sites,
such as ports, river crossings, or crossroads, so mostly for defense and shelter. They built by
stones and wood.
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Tudor houses are mostly from 18 to 19 centuries. They use timber framing, bricks and
maybe cement. The Tudor houses in the olden days are made out of stone and bricks.
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First Roman villa was built during the “Roman Republic” and the “Roman Empire”. A villa
was originally a Roman country house built for the upper class.
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The Taj Mahal is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that
combines elements from Persian, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. Taj Mahal was to
remember a emperor’s wife.
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Mediterranean architecture incorporates natural stone combined with stucco, clay tile roofs,
arched windows large and small, arched portal surrounds, vestibule entrances, and towering
turrets. A Mediterranean style house may be Spanish, Italian or French Country in design
and characteristics common to these styles are seen in architecture throughout Europe,
North Africa and South America.
Sketchup historical house project
26/08/09
Rachel Gao