Buildings D - PRAHA

Buildings D

Description

Side view of a two-story, concrete house located in Miramar. The house is surrounded by a low concrete wall, over which there are ornamental metallic bars. The house has lattice-style, aluminum windows surrounded by moldings. On the first and second levels, there are balconies surrounded by low walls made of ornamental concrete blocks. The upper edge of the house is decorated with moldings, an ornamental frieze, and corbels supporting the cornice. The pediment has a lattice-style window surrounded by moldings.
Origin Name
CAJ_1002_N0016
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: "Photographer: Carol F. Jopling, architecture students, or 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
  • Grilles (barrier elements)
  • Moldings (object components)
  • Windows
  • Persiennes
  • Blocks (ornamental)
  • Balconies
  • Brackets (structural elements)
  • Friezes (ornamental areas)
  • Cornices
  • Bas-relief (sculpture technique)
  • Sidewalks
  • Trees (woody plants)
  • Gables (architectural elements)
  • Wall piers
  • Columns (architectural elements)
  • Renaissance Revival
Decolonial Subject
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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