Building Types
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- The Construction of the Pyramids
- An illustrated guide to the construction, architecture and the evolution of the design of the pyramids from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
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- The Pyramids
- An illustrated description of the evolution of the Egyptian pyramids and discussion of how they were built from King Tut One.com. Includes a virtual model of the Great Pyramid.
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- The Pyramids of Egypt
- Photographs by Frank P. Roy together with brief information, and site plans of pyramid complexes. Also a timeline and pyramid statistics, with sources, a map of Egypt and uncritical discussion of the Orion theory.
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- The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
- Clickable plan and images, provided by the University of Pennsylvania.
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- The Upuaut Project
- Computer-based study combined with robotic investigation of the shafts in the Great Pyramid of Cheops by engineer Rudolf Gantenbrink. He argues that they were not air shafts.
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- Door Shuts on Pyramid's Mysteries
- The BBC reports that the secrets of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Cheops will remain locked up for another 12 months after a door blocks a miniature robot explorer. (September 17, 2002)
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- Classic Cafes
- A celebration of London's formica 50s and 60s cafes. A history explains the utilitarian minimalist context. Photographs and brief descriptions of over 100 cafes; cafes in TV and film; bibliography.
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- Harvey Houses
- The history of a chain of railway hotels and restaurants built from 1870 by English immigrant Fred Harvey in the American Southwest. Includes photographs and details by state, newsclippings and bibliography.
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- HoJoLand
- Tribute site to Howard Johnson's Restaurants in the US. Includes history and directory of existing locations.
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- J. Lyons & Co.
- An illustrated history by Peter Bird of this British caterer and food manufacturer from 1887-1998, including its chains of teashops and cornerhouse restaurants.
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- The Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow
- Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1904 in his distinctive Art Nouveau style, it has been recreated and serves today as a cafe specialising in teas. Includes history and photographs.
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- Labelscar: The Retail History Blog
- Jason Damas and Ross Schendel present news, information, opinions and photographs of malls, shopping centers, and retail chains of North America past and present, including redevelopment efforts for dead malls.
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- Wikipedia: Shopping Mall
- An illustrated description and history of this building type from the collaborative encyclopedia.
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- Building Big
- This site explains the construction process of tall buildings and covers facts of a collection of skyscrapers across the world.
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- How a Skyscraper is Made
- Background, history, raw materials, design, and the construction process of skyscrapers, from Thomson Gale's How Products Are Made.
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- Skylines and Scrapers
- Egbert Gramsbergen presents worldwide highrise statistics, using graphs and various ranking methods.
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- Skyscraper Page
- Dylan presents an illustrated database of the world's tallest buildings. The illustrations drawn to one scale make it easy to compare heights internationally or within a city. Includes dates and architects.
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- The Skyscraper Museum
- Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings. Exhibits and information on the architecture, materials, and physics of highrise construction.