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WikiHouse prototype in Westminster. WikiHouse is an open-source project for designing and building houses. [1][2] It endeavours to democratise and simplify the construction of sustainable, resource-light dwellings. [1][2][3][4][5] The project was initiated in the summer of 2011 by Alastair Parvin and Nick Ierodiaconou of 00, a London-based ...
Longhouse. A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling. It has been built in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and North America. Many were built from timber and often represent the earliest form of permanent structure in many cultures.
Opendesk was founded [4] by Ian Bennink, Tim Carrigan, James Arthur, Joni Steiner and Nick Ierodiaconou; the last three founders were part of Development 00, the creators of WikiHouse. [5] The same team previously created FabHub.io, a marketplace designed to allow designers and fabricators to engage with one another. [6]
Open-source hardware (OSH, OSHW) consists of physical artifacts of technology designed and offered by the open-design movement. Both free and open-source software (FOSS) and open-source hardware are created by this open-source culture movement and apply a like concept to a variety of components. It is sometimes, thus, referred to as FOSH (free ...
SMS Helgoland was a dreadnought battleship of the Imperial German Navy. Her design improved from the Nassau class, including an increase in the bore diameter of the main guns. Her keel was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyards in Kiel; she was launched on 25 September 1909, and commissioned on 23 August 1911.
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [ 6 ] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [ 7 ]
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States. [1][2] The House is charged with the passage of federal legislation, known as bills; those that are also passed by the Senate are ...
Turgot map of Paris, sheet 20, by Louis Bretez and Claude Lucas. Catalan Atlas, by Abraham Cresques (edited by Crisco 1492) Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, by Jodocus Hondius and John Speed (restored by Adam Cuerden) Map of Isla Margarita, by The Photographer. Map of Iran and Turan, by Adolf Stieler.