Buildings G - PRAHA

Buildings G

Description

Close-up view of a garage of a concrete house located in the town of San Juan. The garage is surrounded on one side by a low wall made of concrete and sustained by columns. To the far right, there are stairs covered by native tiles, followed by ornamental metallic bars. There are also several aluminum, lattice-style windows covered by ornamental metallic grilles. Above some of them, there are concrete eaves. All the area is decorated with plants in decorative pots and in the background, there is an exterior garden surrounded by vegetation.
Origin Name
CAJ_1005_N0010
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
  • Garages
  • Walls
  • Columns (architectural elements)
  • Fliers (stair components)
  • Native tile (Puerto Rico)
  • Flowerpots
  • Grilles (barrier elements)
  • Windows
  • Gardens (open spaces)
  • Palm trees
  • Eaves
  • Persiennes
Decolonial Subject
Rights
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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