Alexis Narvaez Bronwyn McNully Architectural Estates Poster Board Information

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Welcome! My name is Cindy Crawford and Im the executive estate agent for A Walk Through History Reality, Id like to introduce you to the neighborhood, Architectural Estates. Our neighborhood is a small, yet welcoming community, ready to expand with new neighbors of structural importance. Architectural Estates rests on an 150 foot acre settlement, encompassing fertile forests and rivers. Our community is not strictly residential- we contain buildings of a historical, religious, symbolic, or tourismrelated nature. In order to properly welcome you to the neighborhood, I would like to introduce you to a few of your future neighbors!

Stonehenge:
The Stonehenge family is very mysterious. We arent quite sure of the purpose of the structure, but many neighbors are fascinated to discover that the stones are almost perfectly aligned with the sun on the summer solstice. It makes for a great view. The oldest family in our neighborhood, Stonehenge appeared between 1300-1100 B.C and was built in three phases. The first part was just a mound, ditch and Aubrey holes that were dug to make a circle. The second was when timbers were erected and the bluestones set up to the Stonehenge we see today. Many experts who have visited the neighborhood over the years seem to agree that three separate families built Stonehenge over a period of time. Up to 240 members of the Stonehenge family have been buried on the premises over the years!- hope we dont see any ghosts! While nobody knows what Stonehenge is or who built it, we do know that they make a wonderful and enigmatic addition to our community.

Fun Facts:
We really dont know who designed the structure. It just appeared in the neighborhood one day. Stonehenge is located in the county of Wiltshire in England. Many people have tried to decode this mysterious structure but there isnt exact evidence because there were no written records in the area.

Fallingwater:
This amazing structure was built by Frank Llyod Wright for the family of Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J, Kaufmann. The main house was constructed in 1936-38, followed by the guest house in 1939. The family here is very friendly! Fallingwater was made with sandstone quarried on the property, and the property was built by local craftsmen. Construction began with a bridge over the stream, placed exactly where an old wooden bridge had once been. However, once a new bridge was torn down due to

construction issues and later re-built, Kaufmann and Wright argued occasionally during the construction of Fallingwater, but eventually, Kaufmann came to trust Wrights engineering. This architectural style captures the freedom of the western frontier by using horizontal aspects, interior space that opens to the outdoors, and a harmony of materials and patterns- all to create an environment of freedom. Fallingwater is a true gift to our neighborhood.

Fun Facts:
Fallingwater was the familys weekend home from 1937 to 1963.When Kaufmann Jr. donated the property to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, it became a museum in 1964. The four materials used to build the structure were sandstone, reinforced concrete, steel and glass. This is one of Frank Llyod Wrights most famous architectural accomplishments with an inspiring design.

Compton Wynates:
Another one of our wonder architectural neighbors is the Compton family. The Comptons were the first family to add a purely residential building to our lovely neighborhood. Descended from numerous Marques in the United Kingdom, the Compton family is known for the numerous renovations on their home, with as many as 200 years in between! The Comptons are a private family, but are delightfully gracious hosts if given proper notice.

Fun Facts:
It was from the Elizabethan era, In 1835, the 2nd Marquess of Northampton visited Compton Wynyates for the first time and found the house in ruins; he made renovations on the house to save it from total dilapidation. He also hired Sir Digby Wyatt, the architect, to Gothcize a portion of the house and add a new staircase. He was brilliantly successful. The 4th Marquess presented it to his son on his wedding after fully restoring it. He and his wife were the first people to live in the house since 1770. They were the ones who designed the topiary gardens and made the house a comfortable home to live in. Theres not a lot of information on how it was built.

Eiffel Tower:
The Eiffel Tower, the tallest structure in our neighborhood, was built by Gustave Eiffel and complete in 1889. Eiffel wanted ornate flourishes on his structure, and the final design required more than 18,000 pieces of puddle iron- a type of wrought iron used in construction- and 2.5 million rivets. Eiffels company spent two years assembling the framework of the tower, and it gained lots of publicity for our neighborhood. Steam-powered cranes and Creeper Cranes were used to erect the structure. The building made by a French architect, stood for the prestige of France in the late 19th century- the structure stood taller than all others, representing the pride of the French society while the country, flourished under a political system no one had considered before. The Eiffel Tower is a true inspiration

of architecture, and while the structure is used for history and tourism, it is a more than welcome addition to our community.

Fun Facts:
The Tower took more than two years to complete. Each one of the est. 12,000 iron pieces was designed separately to give them exactly the shape they needed. All pieces were premade and fit together using an estimated 7 million nails. While Gustave Eiffel often receives full credit for the Eiffel Tower, Maurice Koechlin- a structural engineer who worked for Eiffel- who came up with and fine-tuned the concept. Several years before, the pair had worked together on the statue of Liberty. There was next to nothing in history that Eiffel could draw from for the design of the tower other than high piers that his own firm had designed. It was these high piers that made Eiffel consider the practicality of building a structure of impressive height of iron.

Dormition Cathedral
The Dormition Cathedral is one of the first buildings to be added to the neighborhood. Built in the late 15th century by Aristotle Fiorvanti, this cathedral is a fascinating creation- a blend of Early Muscovite architecture and something subtly new and foreign. Dormition Cathedral inspired a new and innovative way of thinking regarding architectural design. Dormition is not a residential building, and serves a primarily religious function, much like the Pantheon down the road. The Cathedral adds a wonder diverse touch to our community.

Fun facts:
The Group of the five cupolas on this building was the first of such design in Moscow, it became a critical feature of churches of tsars built later on in history. While the overall design of the Cathedral was tied to the Early Muscovite architecture, all the details contradicted it in some way. The Muscivutes were astounded by many innovations in this structure, and used many of them in architecture afterwards. Fiorvanti introduced the uses of different materials and construction systems to the field of architecture. When the vaulting had been completed and drum of the main cupola was being set in place, the building collapsed! The populous was so shocked that it was even suggested that an earthquake might have been at fault, which was hardly likely in Moscow.

Pantheon
The Pantheon is one of our oldest and grandest buildings. A geometric marvel, the Pantheon was built by Emperor Hadrian in order to replace the Pantheon that had been built by Marcus Agrippa, which burned to the ground 40 years previously. Many architects have tried to replicate and study the Pantheons astounding architecture, but none have been able to divulge the secret of their success. Over 43 meters tall, the Pantheon cuts a rather impressive figure in our neighborhood.

The 16 columns in the Pantheon were made of granite that was imported from Egypt, and the door was 22 feet high and sculpted of bronze. In the center of the roof is the oculus, a 27-foot hole in the domed ceiling. During the day it provides light to the inside of the temple, and an impressive drainage system carries away the rainwater that falls through. The Latin term for the oculus is the compluvium

Fun Facts:
In honor of the original Pantheon, Emperor Hadrian had MAGRIPPALFCOSTERIVMFECIT- or M. AGRIPPA L. F. COS TERTIUM FECIT- carved into the front of the new Pantheon. This translates to M. Agrippa, son of Lucas, consul for the 3rd time, built this. Engineers and mathematicians, to this day are unable to fully explain the design of the Pantheon, which exceeds what modern architects can do now. Pantheon combines the two Latin words pan meaning all and theos meaning gods. If you translate it, the Pantheon means all the gods a reference to the fact this building was a temple to the gods of Rome. The Pantheon was originally designed to be a temple for the gods of Rome- not simply for one god, as most other temples, but a massive temple for all of the deities of Roman religion. The inside is decorated along the walls of the statues and carvings of the Roman gods, leaving a massive open area in the center of the building. The Pantheons dome is exactly 43 meters across- as is the distance from the floor to the ceiling. If one could find an inflatable beach ball that was 43 meters in diameter, it would fit into the Pantheon exactly. The Romans used cast concrete to make the Pantheon, with their impressive knowledge of mathematics and engineering; they internationally designed the building to have thinner walls the higher up on the dome as to relieve weight on the structure itself.

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I hope you enjoyed your glimpse at Architectural Estates! For more information please consult our Hand Guide or contact us by using the email on the poster. Thank you for your time.