2. HISTORY OF BUILDINGS
FACTORS INFLUENCING BUILDING DESIGNS
• history
• Financing/cost
• materials
• culture
• climate
3. EXPLANATIONS
• History of site – history of the site, is it
prone to flooding or land slide? Is it built-
up? What was its previous use?
• Material – choice, availability and cost of
suitable materials.
• Financing – ability to access funds for the
project. Is it affordable? (affordability).
4. EXPLANATIONS
• Climate – wet, hot, cold, windy, would
determine where windows or balconies
are placed in a building and the design
of windows)
• Culture – influences the shape and
style of the structure. Family custom.
5. BRITISH/FRENCH
• Staircase with
balusters
• Bricks/brickwork
• Arches
• MDF
• Steep roof
• Dormers
• Wooden
Casement
windows
INFLUENCE OF OTHER CULTURES (ARCHITECTURE)
ON LOCAL BUILDING STYLES
10. INFLUENCE OF OTHER CULTURES ON LOCAL
BUILDING STYLES - AMERICAN
• High rise building
• Dry wall
• Steel frame
building
• Split level building
with separate roofs
for each
• Panel construction
• Glass framing
• Curtain walls
• Column and beams
13. DEFINITIONS
• Curtain wall systems are constructed out of glass
and aluminum. Curtain walls essentially look like
all-glass walls,
• split-level homes, there’s usually a one-story
section that is connected to a two-story section
instead of being right on top of each other.
14. DEFINITION
• Steel frame is a building technique with a
"skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and
horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular
grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a
building which are all attached to the frame. The
development of this technique made the
construction of the skyscraper possible.
