Settlement: General disturbance in a structure showing as distortion in walls etc., possibly a result of major structural failure, very dry weather conditions etc. Sometimes of little current significance. (See also Subsidence). ...
Settlement Downward movement resulting from failure of the components of the building, normally the foundations. All properties settle to some extent, and this can show as cracking and/or distortion in walls.
Once settlement was well established, Vermonters built attractive permanent buildings--houses, churches, and stores-- in the new Federal style.
colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" ...
Neolithic settlements include:
Jericho in the Levant, Neolithic from around 8350 BC, arising from the earlier Epipaleolithic Natufian culture.
Çatalhöyük in Turkey, 7500 BC
Mehrgarh in South Asia, 7000 BC
Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, ca. 9000 BC.
Jamestown settlement (1606)
New England Colonial 1700-1800
Left illustration above: George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Va. (mid-1750s design)
Wren Building (begun 1695)
Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va. (1714)
Capitol, Williamsburg, Va.
Any desert settlement must make some provision for obtaining and storing water, usually from wells or seasonal rainfall, although occasionally sites are dependent on water brought from elsewhere (this was often the case with Hajj routes).
Differential settlement / Tell tails / Drift
defects due to the uneven sinking of a building. In buildings on historic sites, this can sometimes have an archaeoligical explanation, as buried walls and pits can produce hard and soft spots.
Many of the early settlements in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries were made of wood. Settlements were generally made either for commerce, as in the case of Fort William, or for religion, as in the case of Saint Marie Among the Hurons.
Settlement - downward movement of a structure due to its own weight rather than due to another factor, such as a tree or defective drain etc. All properties settle to some extent, and this can show as cracking and/or distortion in walls.
New settlements were given Greek names-Syracuse, Ithaca, Troy-and Doric and Ionic columns, entablatures, and pediments, mostly transmuted into white-painted wood, ...
Foundations are designed to have an adequate load capacity with limited settlement by a geo-technical engineer, and the foundation itself is designed structurally by a structural engineer.
The traditional neighborhood was the fundamental form of European settlement on this continent through the Second World War, from St. Augustine to Seattle.
Colony - A body of persons who form a fixed settlement in another country.
Column - A long, round belly, used to support or adorn a building.
Gorod: Russian fortified settlement
Gran bugue: A Spanish fortress dating from the 15th century, which was built in the shape of a great battle ship.
The people grew crops and raised animals and by 3000 BC they were living in settlements with streets and houses. The most complete Neolithic settlements in Greece are found near the present city of Volos.
Heritage - Our cultural inheritance from the past that is the evidence of human activity from Aboriginal settlement through periods of European and Asian migration, to the present day in the built and natural environment.
an archaeological term for a mound composed of the remains of successive settlements in the Near East.
Tempera
a fast-drying, water-based painting medium made with egg yolk, often used in fresco and panel painting.
A water-filled ditch around the perimeter of a castle, manor, settlement, etc., for defense.
Moline - ends curling outward.
Mortar - a mixture of sand, water, and lime used to bind stones together; as opposed to drylaid masonry.
EL CAMINO REAL
The Royal highway which began near the tip of Baja California and connected the settlements of Baja and Alta California.
Mission San Antonio ...
William Hogarth, a short biography
William Hogarth, Gin Lane, brush up your prepositions.
William Hogarth, Self-portrait
William Hogarth, The Marriage à la Mode, plate II
William Hogarth, The Marriage Settlement ...
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