What is an eight sided building called?

Octagon houses
Octagon houses were a unique house style briefly popular in the 1850s in the United States and Canada. They are characterised by an octagonal (eight-sided) plan, and often feature a flat roof and a veranda all round.

Why are some churches octagonal?

243 – The cathedral of Bosra (Syria) is an example of the octagonal design, which was used to express a symbolic reference to a double four-division, associated with the Roman bathes (the caldarium), the (fourth) element of water and eventually to a higher form of division thinking. The church dated from 512 AD.

How many Octagon houses are there?

The style became popular in the United States and Canada following the publication of Orson Squire Fowler’s 1848 book The Octagon House, A Home for All. In the United States, 68 surviving octagon houses are included on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Who owns the Octagon House?

The AIA Foundation
2) The large building behind The Octagon is the headquarters of the American Institute of Architects. The AIA Foundation owns The Octagon.

How many Octagon houses are in the US?

In the United States, 68 surviving octagon houses are included on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

How old is the Octagon House?

222c. 1799
Octagon Museum/Age

What are the different Philippine theatrical forms?

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  • Senakulo.

How many seats are in a DBS auditorium?

 The volume for the DBS auditorium is 7,324 m3 (The calculation was conducted in SketchUp 8.0).  The total number of seats is 800.  So, the Volume‐per‐Seat is 7,324 m3/800 = 9.2 m3.  The value falls into the range for Concert Halls.

What should the loudness be in an auditorium?

First of all, there should be adequate loudness in every part of the auditorium, especially in remote seats.  The problems of providing adequate loudness result mainly from the inverse square law and excessive absorption by the audience attenuating the direct sound before it reaches the listener (Egan, 1988).

Which is the best acoustic design for an auditorium?

Type of Auditorium    Minimum    Optimum    Maximum Rooms for Speech  2.3  3.1  4.3 Concert Halls   6.2  7.8  10.8 Opera Houses  4.5  5.7  7.4 Catholic Churches   5.7  8.5  12 Other Churches  5.1  7.2  9.1 Multipurpose Halls  5.1  7.1  8.5 Cinemas  2.8  3.5  5.6 4.  Building Simulation 4.1.  Reverberation Time

What should the volume be in an auditorium?

 Above all, the floor area and volume of the auditorium should be kept at a reasonable minimum, thus shortening the sound paths.  The following table details recommended Volume‐per‐seat values for various auditoria (Table 1).  The volume for the DBS auditorium is 7,324 m3 (The calculation was conducted in SketchUp 8.0).