A Brief History of Sprawl
From SUBURBAN NATION by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck,
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Brief - The formal written instructions prepared by a client for an architect, setting out the necessary requirements for a building in functional terms.
See also
A Brief History of Chapin Parkway
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Georgian Revival style houses on Chapin ##3, 24, 33
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Illustrated features of Georgian Revival style architecture
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briefcase - a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
cardcase - a small case for carrying business cards
cigarette case - a small flat case for holding cigarettes; can be carried in a purse or a pocket ...
For a brief period between 680 and 692 Mecca became the capital of a rival caliphate established by Abd Allah Ibn Zubayr who controlled most of Arabia and Iraq. During the Abbasid period huge sums of money were spent on developing the city.
After this brief synthesis, Neo-Classical reaction was totally dominant until 1955. Rationalist buildings were still common in industrial architecture, but extinct in urban projects.
After that it had been overthrown, as we have said, then within a brief space it became full evident that this great iniquity had been done by the wickedness of the Jews.
The following brief account of the Narbonne Gate (fig. I), one of the principal parts of the work on the fortifications begun by Philip the Bold in 1285, will give some idea of the varied means of defence, ...
The brief interval of the High Gothic period is followed in the 1220s by the nave of Amiens Cathedral.
- Most people, no matter where they live know intuitively what a city is, and there are numerous brief and quite reasonable definitions which describe the city.
3. The literal meaning in that language or a brief indication of the sense involved.
The abbreviations of the languages are as follows:
(Ar.) Arabic ...
 See also: Architecture, House, Arches, Bungalow, Church
  
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