Buildings C - PRAHA

Buildings C

Description

Front façade of a house in the town of San Juan. The house is one-story, made of concrete, and has a zinc, hipped roof. The residence has stairs in the front with decorative pots to each side. There is also a roofless balcony surrounded by concrete balustrade. The windows are aluminum, lattice-style and the door is wooden and single. Above the windows and door, there are truncated suns. The façade of the house has arches sustained by pilasters.
Origin Name
CAJ_1001_N0030
Relation
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 2 - Pruebas de contacto y negativos
Geographical Coverage
San Juan
Date
1979
Descriptive Notes
The title, date, and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). In the file provided by the archive, the following information is clarified: "Fotógrafo: Carol F. Jopling, estudiantes de arquitectura o Earth Watch Volunteers". Some of the photos found in the archives of this collection are repeated and show the same houses because they document other formats created for the research project led by Carol F. Jopling and were taken on different occasions (example: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photos, photos that were brightened or with contrast).
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Houses
  • Walls
  • Balustrades
  • Grilles (barrier components)
  • Straight stairs
  • Balconies
  • Fanlights
  • Windows
  • Persiennes
  • Swinging doors (doors)
  • Gardens (open spaces)
  • Pilasters (wall components)
  • Columns (architectural elements)
  • Flowerpots
  • Moldings (object components)
  • Zinc
  • Arcades (structural assemblies)
  • Sunrise transom (door or window components)
Decolonial Subject
Rights
English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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