Building America Group Presentations 2/25/2014 7:34:00 AM

Group E
 Technological, cultural, economic change
o Economy
 No more farming
 More people in cities and their own houses
 Led to invention of household appliances, i.e.
washer/dryer
o Technology
 Transportation
Increase in population leads to new methos like
the town car
 Building methods
 Road paving!
 First asphalt in 1870.
 Congress(here in Austin) paved in 1905.
 Electricity
o Society
 People were able to move outside of cities
 Class segregation with housing
 1928, moved African Americans to east side.
Group D
 Mission Revival Style
Architectural movement brought about by Spanish missions in
California.
o Influences
 Worked with what they had, mainly wood and adobe.
o Key components
 Enclosed courtyards
 Non flammable roof tiles
 Lots of tiny balconies above porches
 Wrought iron fences
o Who developed this?
 1885ish, Lester S. Moore was first to acknowledge.
o How did weather affect this?
 Damp and cloudy, so adobe and stucco were difficult to
use.
 o Why built this way?
 Wanted originality
 Residential “trend-setting”
 Economic
 To show wealth, originally.
o What happened to it?
 20th century lol
Group C
 Shotgun Homes in New Orleans
o Growth in population led to increase in homes
o Economic conditions were poor.
 33% decline in business activity
o Technology
 Wood screw pump
 Took water over levy to higher body of water
 Innovations to offset damage of hurricanes/flooding
 Elevated houses
o Shotgun houses
 House kits
 Efficient
 Basically a long rectangle
o People moved to NOLA because it was a trading hub with
access to the river, for trade!
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