Essay about Swannanoa Palace

The Biltmore Estate is located in Asheville, North Carolina. It is the largest privately owned home in the United States. It was privately owned by George Washington Vanderbilt and his family. The house was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Frederick Law Olmsted designed the landscape. The Biltmore Estate had a major role in the development of the creative architecture of the era and is well known for being America's largest home.

Tucked away in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, you will find one of the historic houses built. The Bellamy Mansion. Constructed in 1859 and finally finished in 1861 It is massive in size and also one of the last houses built by slaves. This place is full of history at every turn. It is even rumored to be haunted.

Elegant living is what this community is all about. Each one of the apartments offers ceilings that are nine-feet tall, crown molding, and countertops made from granite. Each one has a floor plan designed to provide each resident with as much space as possible and our residents feel at home from the moment they set foot in the apartments. They are luxurious

"Presented itself as a hoary building, of the early stage of Classic Renaissance," – describes Bathsheba’s house. It is described as ornate and moss-covered.

The architecture “norm” for aristocratic homes was in the Shinden-zurkuri style, “which was clearly based on the principle that the individual parts of the building should be merged as much as possible into the garden” (Yoshida, p.12). The main building, named the Shinden, represented the area reserved for the master himself, and always opened up to the south side of the garden. There were corridors, or tai-no-ya, connecting the Shinden to the rest of the buildings in the complex. There corridors created an enclosure which is where a lake would be placed and where the stroll garden was erected.

Taliferro was also responsible for repairing and renovating the Governor's Palace and may have been working on both projects at the same time (Whiffen 175). In 1755 George Wythe married Elizabeth, Richard Taliferro's daughter and then moved into the house. When Taliferro died in 1755, the house was deeded to the couple. The brickwork of the exterior is of high quality with artistic touches seen in the flayed brickwork above the windows (Whiffen 175). Perhaps the most notable aspect of the house's construction is the use of ratios and symmetry to appeal to the viewer's eye (Whiffen 88). All four exteriors of the house are symmetrical, with the interior only symmetrical along the east-west axis (Whiffen 175). Outbuildings and kitchens were removed from the main structure, as was typical in colonial Virginia (Whiffen

In the 1500s, the Medici moved their entire residence to the Palazzo Vecchio and established the centralization of power of the Palace. It had been the town hall of Florence ever since the people wanted to make a new seat of power in Florence. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria and it holds a copy of Michelangelo’s David in a symbol of the city. There are also a plethora of statues surrounding the building that represent what the city is. The first stone of the building was set in 1299 and was not finished for nearly thirty years later. The bell tower is the most notable part of the palace. The tower is a little more than 300 feet tall, which, at that time, was a very impressive height. It was named for the architect who designed it: Torre d’Arnolfo. The three bells in the bell tower are almost as old as the tower itself. In fact, the original bell is still inside the tower ringing for town hall meetings and impending danger. A couple of notable fun facts: First, The Palazzo Vecchio held the prisoner Savonarola before his execution. In 1497, Savonarola was excommunicated by the Pope and was sentenced to death. He was held inside the Palace so that he could be executed in the most

My favorite topic from this weeks reading was the description of the Knossos palace complex. It astonishes me that the Minoan civilization was able to build a palace with multiple stories, flat roofs, and many columns. Even in todays times it’s not easy to build a huge multistory palace. In fact if the recreation shown in the book looks anything like the original palace then it seems to me like we have kept similar designs over all of these years. My initial thoughts about it was that it reminded me of one of the dormitories at my school. It also amazes me how they moved around all of the materials for the palaces since they didn't have the advanced machinery of today. Aside from the construction of the palace, its style and design is also

A tour of the historical James Wadsworth Rossetter House at 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne shows an interesting sight of old and genuine architecture. The tour starts by going through the main house which was built in the Eau Gallie section of Melbourne in 1859 by John Houston who intended for it to be a plantation. The main house is restored to how it was renovated by James Rossetter in 1904. The tour then goes into the building behind which was built to be a slave shack by Houston but that ended soon after the Civil War. After the house was taken by William Roesch, the back building was converted to a kitchen and had a second floor added. The tour ends by going through the gardens of the house that contain many exotic plants.

The complex offers one, two, and three bedroom apartments and each one has wall-to-wall carpeting, a walk-in-closet, and either a patio or balcony to enjoy. Each apartment has spacious rooms for comfort. Ceiling fans, dishwashers, and garbage disposals make life even more comfortable in this complex.

Palace at Knossos is a representation of the Minoan culture. Many square rooms were built for different functions. It has around two or three floors and there are also some rooms underground. Many later architectures can see their features from it. Such as the column on the front gate is similar to the temples from Greek culture architectures. Many paintings were painted on the indoor walls of some rooms. Many of them are narrative and shows some part of he life at that time. It was almost built from stone, which is heavy and steady.

This palace houses an astounding forty members of the royal family along with servants and guests, but its functionality is easily overshadowed by the wealth that clearly went into its structure. It is the most visited tourist attraction of all in Fluania. There are many reasons why this is apparent.

The house was built in 1735 by his father. It has 21 rooms today ! He personally supervised each renovation even during the Revolutionary war. Its 11,028 square feet with 2 and a half stories and a full cellar. That a lot of space for you ! The ceilings of the Mansion differ in height. The average height on the first floor is 10’9” & the third floor is

Victorian era architecture is some of the most amazing style housing to date. This kind of architecture is mainly found on the east coast and occasionally in the west coast,however Arizona is lucky because we have a select few that are still around today, one of them being the Rosson house. The Rosson house is an amazing sight to see and a huge part of Arizona history. Its architecture and history of the house makes it a truly artistic and unique place to visit.

The Place where, I chose to do my FSA Report is called an Oasis Palace, the place is located in Newark, California. Oasis Place is a family oriented place, where friends and families bring their children to this great indoor facility to play indoor games. This Business is run by an family as well. The Place offers great indoor activities for both adults and children 's. The Palace is separated into three categories, Food, Indoor games, and Party Palace. Overall, this place great for the families that have kids, because it provides lots of amenities for the kids. Oasis Palace is an Indian food restaurant. They offer various different types of food that comes from the region of South, North indian. Most of the customer they come to the restaurant are mostly from South and North india. The Restaurant offers great food for the customers, most of the customer that comes to eat at the restaurant are vegetarian. Hiring a chef, who has good knowledge in making vegetarian food is a must. Oasis Palace is divided into two parts first is the Party palace, and a restaurant, also the this facility also offers a Fitness center. It is a great system for all the customers, they would not have to go anywhere to go to gym, since it next to the restaurant. Overall, Oasis Palace is an great place for a family, however it can improved so much to gain more customer. For this report, i will be analyzing improvements in customer service, online/ phone orders, management, Food quality,