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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.
Build-it-yourself ranch-type house, by Tom Riley, Popular Mechanics Press, 1951 - with many details of construction and materials; Modern ranch homes designed for town or country, National Plan Service, 1951. Newest plans of ranch houses, farm buildings, motels, Authentic Publications, 1952. 72 low cost suburban-ranch homes, HomOgraf Company, 1952.
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Developers would purchase a dozen or more adjacent lots and conduct the building construction as an assembly-line process. [3] Tract housing development makes use of few architectural designs, and labor costs are reduced because workers need to learn the skills and movements of constructing only those designs rather than repeat the learning curve.
Coving is a method of suburban planning used in subdivision and redevelopment of cities characterized by organic lot shapes and home placement along meandering setbacks. When combined with a new form of street patterns, lot area is increased and road area and length is reduced – a demonstrated average 25% compared to conventional suburban platting.
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.
As suburban industrial development becomes increasingly more profitable [citation needed], it becomes less financially attractive to build in high-density areas. Another impact of industry leaving the city is the reduction of buffer zones separating metropolitan areas, industrial parks and surrounding suburban residential areas.
Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market; well-located; above-average upkeep and management; usually older than a trophy/5-star building; Class B or 3-star building: Rents between Class A and Class C; fair-to-good locations; average upkeep and management