Portal:Architecture/Did you know/Archive1
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- ....that a crow-stepped gable is a roof slope design arising in the Middle Ages which was decorative, but also facilitated access to chimneys for maintenance?
- ...that the Viipuri Municipal Library (pictured), built to Aalto's groundbreaking design in 1935, was abandoned for a decade following the transfer of Viipuri to the Soviet Union?
- ... that local farmers would drive rock laden wagons onto the Ada Covered Bridge to prevent it washing away during floods (pictured)?
- ...that all buildings of the Vitra furniture factory in Germany have been designed by internationally renowned architects, including Frank O. Gehry (production hall pictured), Nicholas Grimshaw, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando and Álvaro Siza?
- ...that the Kandariya Mahadeva (pictured) is one of the best examples of Hindu temples preserved from the medieval period in India?
- ... that the Catalan architect Enric Miralles died before seeing the completion of his largest building: the Scottish Parliament Building" (pictured)?
- ... that the Neo-Renaissance architectural style encompasses such dissimilar structures as the Opera Garnier and Hôtel de Ville in Paris, the National Theatre in Prague, the Reichstag in Berlin, Mentmore Towers near London, Vladimir Palace in Saint Petersburg, and the Public Library in Boston?
- … that Finials were once believed to act as a deterrent to witches on broomsticks attempting to land on one's roof?
- … that Jørn Utzon won the competition to design the Sydney Opera House despite the fact that he submitted only preliminary drawings?
- … that novelty architecture is made in the shape of objects like hot dogs or giant hats?
- … that Inigo Jones (15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) is regarded as the first significant English architect?
