Cast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences. Refinements...
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SoHo, Manhattan (redirect from SoHo Cast Iron Historic District)
blocks and approximately 500 buildings, many of them incorporating cast-iron architectural elements. Many side streets in the district are paved with Belgian...
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The term iron frame describes the structural use of either cast iron or wrought iron in the columns and beams of a building. While popular in the 19th...
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Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively...
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exteriors, like Porto's Devesas Factory Warehouse Cast-iron architecture, known simply as iron architecture in Portuguese (arquitetura de ferro), largely...
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Saracen Fountain (category Cast-iron architecture in the United Kingdom)
CAST-IRON FOUNTAIN (LB33880)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 16 August 2023. Dobraszczyk, Paul (2017). "Iron, Ornament and Architecture in...
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King Frederick Augustus Tower (category Cast-iron architecture)
with the original structure being rebuilt the following year. Cast-iron architecture List of towers "Wahrzeichen König-Friedrich-August-Turm". loebau...
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Palacio de Cristal del Retiro (category Cast-iron architecture in Spain)
Central, one of the main venues of the 1887 Philippines Exposition. The cast-iron frame was manufactured in Bilbao. The structure was designed in a way...
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James Bogardus (category Cast-iron architecture)
was an American inventor and architect, the pioneer of American cast-iron architecture, for which he took out a patent in 1850. Bogardus was born in the...
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Margot Gayle (section Cast iron preservation)
the effort to designate the SoHo Cast Iron Historic District, which preserved Victorian era cast-iron architecture in New York City. Margot McCoy was...
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O'Neill Building (category Cast-iron architecture in New York City)
1895, created by raising the pediment. The gilded corner domes of this cast-iron-fronted building were restored c.2000. On the death of Hugh O'Neill in...
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254–260 Canal Street (category Cast-iron architecture in New York City)
revival style. The cast-iron elements of the facade may have been provided by James Bogardus, a pioneer in the use of cast iron in architecture. The building...
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Iron Church or The Cast Iron Church is any of the three churches built in Liverpool in the early 19th century by John Cragg, who ran the Mersey Iron Foundry...
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Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida. The Iron Block Building was built in 1896 in the cast iron style of architecture by Dr. Charles Ballard. It originally...
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buildings and pays homage to the district's cast iron architectural identity. The cast iron architecture that defines this neighborhood straddles between...
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90–94 Maiden Lane (category Cast-iron architecture in New York City)
It has a cast-iron facade from Daniel D. Badger's Architectural Iron Works, and is one of the few surviving examples of cast-iron architecture between...
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Britain, several ornate glass and iron palm houses were built in botanical gardens and parks, using cast iron architecture. Especially in English-speaking...
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Sainte-Geneviève Library (category Cast-iron architecture)
was not on the façade, but in the architecture of the reading room. The slender iron columns and the lace-like cast iron arches under the roof were not concealed;...
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63 Nassau Street (category Cast-iron architecture in New York City)
in the city. The attribution to Bogardus, a pioneer in the architectural use of cast iron, comes because of medallions of Benjamin Franklin identical...
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in 1903, the brick structure exhibits Queen Anne architecture with Italianate details. The Cast Iron Commercial Building has been designated a Los Angeles...
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Pigtown complex was the largest iron foundry in the United States, with a diverse output including cast-iron architecture, steam heating equipment, machine...
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109 Prince Street (category Cast-iron architecture in New York City)
striking gems of the 19th century cast iron architecture in the world. Completely restored in 1993 by architecture firm Kapell & Kostow, it was awarded...
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Paris Métro entrances by Hector Guimard (category Cast-iron architecture)
the underground stations of the Paris Métro. His Art Nouveau designs in cast iron and glass dating mostly to 1900, and the associated lettering that he...
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319 Broadway (category Cast-iron architecture in New York City)
neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is a cast-iron building in the Italianate architecture style, built in 1869–70 and designed by D. & J. Jardine...
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Daniel D. Badger (redirect from Architectural Iron Works)
City under the name Architectural Iron Works. With James Bogardus, he was one of the major forces in creating a cast-iron architecture in the United States...
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Iron Clad Building is a landmarked building in Cooperstown, New York. It was built in 1862 by James Bogardus, the pioneer of cast iron architecture....
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Watson's Hotel (category Cast-iron architecture in India)
(Bombay), is India's oldest surviving cast iron building. It is probably the oldest surviving multi-level fully cast-iron framed building in the world, being...
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Bulgarian St. Stephen Church (category Cast-iron architecture)
the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in Balat, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for being made of prefabricated cast iron elements in...
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the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The improvement and/or use of steel, cast iron, tile, reinforced concrete, and glass helped for example Art Nouveau appear...
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Palacio Federal Legislativo (category Cast-iron architecture in Venezuela)
Legislativo, located to the west of Plaza Bolívar, incorporates structural cast iron. It replaced a convent on the site. The building is painted bright white...
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