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The industry jargon for that building style is: “5 over 1” or “one-plus-five”: wood-framed construction, which contain apartments and is known as Type 5 in the
by dublinben 6y ago
The industry jargon for that building style is:
“5 over 1” or “one-plus-five”: wood-framed construction, which contain apartments and is known as Type 5 in the International Building Code, over a concrete base, which usually contains retail or commercial space, or parking structures, known as Type 1.
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- cowmoo728 6y agoThanks for the correct terminology. It's these buildings exactly. I also hate them because of the construction quality. No matter which city I visited, they all seemed to have the same cheap countertops, ovens, microwaves, carpet, and doors that never quite shut right.