Buildings D - PRAHA

Buildings D

Description

Close-up view of a house in San Juan. The house is wooden with a gable roof. It has a double window made of glass and wood with ornamental metallic bars on the inside. Above these, there is a mullion made also of glass and wood. Also above the window, there is a wooden eave and tiles supported by wooden corbels.
Origin Name
CAJ_1002_N0037
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
  • Plank construction
  • Roofing tile
  • Windows
  • Awning windows
  • Grilles (barrier elements)
  • Fanlights
  • Cornices
  • Moldings (object components)
  • Gables (architectural elements)
Decolonial Subject
Rights
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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