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    1.1 Introduction Build-then-sell (BTS) concept and adoption of the system had been discussed and debated a long time by various construction and properties related parties in Malaysia. The idea was originally mooted in the 1980s and since then various attempts to implement the system had met with dead ends (BTS Review, USM, Nor Aini). However the system was proposed again by our previous Malaysia Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Bin Ahmad Badawi as a way to promote better quality housing and provide

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    had followed the plans for the house. It was written down in clear English, all she had to do was follow directions. She continued to hesitate worried that the house would be chaotic. She wanted to be home for Christmas. She reached for the door handle but it was jerked out of her hands and she

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    Wealthier people had much more elaborated houses, with multiple rooms, courtyards, gardens, and pools. This architecture provided security but also private open space for family recreation. We can get a glimpse of how livable these houses where from surviving specimens in old villages in Mediterranean islands, like Crete, that also preserve the Roman family structure of pater familias, in

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    (like a cinema) that privileges the eye over the body, movement over stasis, and fragmentation over unity. Every window is a lens, a purely visual opening; circulation is a poetic event of movement, orchestrated by ramps and spiral stairways; the house acts as a dynamic and shifting catalyst to experience, not as a static and finite center of experience.” Publishing these images, and the making of the movie ended up making Villa Savoye possibly the most public building of the time, and one of the

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    Gujarat state in India, which has a very high earthquake risk. A Bhonga consists of a single cylindrically shaped room. The Bhonga has a conical roof supported by cylindrical walls. Bhonga construction has existed for several hundred years. This type of house is quite durable and appropriate for prevalent desert conditions. (Madusudan Choudhary, June 2002) 1.1 Typical construction materials  Masonry wall is made of adobe blocks and plaster is also from mud covered by cow dunk, lime etc.

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    1.0 INTRODUCTION This report assesses two available locations for the new house construction of Rylai Enterprises near University Malaysia Pahang (UMP). After reviewing the background, these two sites are the best for the new house construction. The strategic and the features at both locations are the reason I chosen both of them. However, I recommend we choose Taman Tas as our site for Rylai House Construction. 1.1 Background Rylai Enterprises is a well-known company and has the consistent performance

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    New Zealand’s National parties ‘social housing policy, 2014’ is a very significant policy as it intends to put a roof over people who are in need and also intends to better the health and wellbeing of citizens and communities in Aotearoa. They do this by assisting them in getting a home where they can gain some sort of sustainability in their daily lives. The social housing policy has been round for a numerous amount of years and has changed over time with different political parties being part of

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    The Sparks Heritage Museum is an important architectural facet of the Sparks area. The building was built in 1931, by Rousch & Belz Contractors, and designed by Frederic J. DeLongchamps to serve as the Sparks branch of the Washoe County Library. The building served as the first public library in area and is located at 814 Victorian Ave, Sparks, NV (all PDF). The building was placed on the Nation Register of Historic Places in 1984 (Website) and displays influences from the Mediterranean Revival style

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    problems commonly emerge when housing cost increases faster than household incomes (Yates, 2008). For purchasers, the house price mainly depends on the house price and the interest rate. In the Australian housing market, increases in the house price and interest rate indicated the reasons why housing affordability problems occurred over the past few years. Between 1960 and 2006 real house prices increased at an average of 2.7 percent annually, ahead of a 1.9 percent per annum growth in per household

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    Elizabeth Bay house that was built between 1835 and 1839 as the home of Alexander Macleay became one of the Australian historic houses and opened as a museum in 1977. This is a critical analysis of comparing and contrasting between the historic and contemporary design. The first object that has been chosen from Elizabeth Bay house was the ‘cabinet’ (picture 1) that was made for Alexander Macleay in the late 18th century and the second object is contemporary cabinet which is called “Delphine Cabinet”

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