A regional building group structure improves overall regional convenience and economics while also imparting a cityscape scenery that has warmth based on specific themes in past human creations including urban architecture, art and thought. Three or more characterized buildings that share a specific theme are arranged in a region. Each of the characterized buildings is provided with lower floors having unity in basic design and structural form pertaining to appearance and decoration and upper floors located there-above. The lower floors of the characterized buildings arranged in one region are also imparted with unity in the basic design and structural form pertaining to appearance and decoration. The upper floors thereof have unity in structural form and basic design so as achieve a simple appearance with emphasis on functionality and durability. The appearance of the lower floors will be captured in the ordinary line of sight of people walking down the street, thereby allowing the people to relish the experience of living in a fascinating and highly artistic city.

A modular commercial structure includes a first exterior module defining a first interior space therein in which office furnishings are disposed in the first interior space. The first exterior module has an interior elongated side that defines an opening for customers to access to the first interior space. A second exterior module defines a second interior space for conducting business activities therein, including an interior elongated side that opens to facilitate interaction between the customers and employees. A conveyance mechanism moves the first exterior module and the second exterior module between a first position and a second position to prevent access to the first interior space and to the second interior space while in the first position and to provide access to the first interior space and to the second interior space while in the second position.

A dwelling including at least four walls defining a housing unit and an area of the housing unit. The housing unit includes at least one interior wall, a full-sized kitchen, a first closet positioned, and a raised bed unit. At least one of the at least four walls and the at least one interior wall define a bathroom. The full-sized kitchen is positioned along at least one of the four walls. The first closet is positioned a distance from the four walls and the interior wall. The raised bed unit includes a raised platform and a first bed positioned on the raised platform. The raised platform defines a storage area beneath the first bed. The first closet is positioned at least partially within the storage area, and the area of the housing unit is less than 400 square feet.

A modular connector is disclosed that comprises of a middle-plate, a plurality of sectioned-base-plates, and a plurality of locking-plates. The middle-plate and the plurality of sectioned-base-plates have a plurality of slotted holes to enable faster construction and deal with construction tolerances efficiently. Also, a plurality of grooved surfaces on the sectioned-base-plate and the locking-plate provide a system so that bolted-connected modules do not slide and remain at initially its aligned position. Disclosed is also a method for assembling a modular building.

A method of erecting a multi-storey structure is disclosed. During construction, at least a portion of a perimeter facade of the structure is disposed to extend at least two storeys height beyond an upper work area of the structure and forms at least part of a safety barrier for that work area and wherein in erecting the multi-story structure, at least one further floor of the structure is erected over the upper work area. The further floor forming a respective subsequent upper work area of the structure, and wherein at least a portion of the facade is disposed to extend at least one storey height beyond the uppermost of the subsequent work areas.

A connector assembly, having an upper connector, a pin coupling the upper connector to a lower connector and a gusset plate sandwiched between the upper and lower connectors. Also, disclosed is a hoistable connector assembly, a lifting frame assembly, a coupling system for modular frame units, a method for assembling a module unit using the connector assembly, and a modular frame unit and building having the connector assembly.

A movie theater auditorium is disclosed with reclining or reclined seats, whereby patrons are viewing a screen that is elevated and tilted toward the viewing audience. Comparative to traditional movie theaters with vertical screens with fixed or reclining chairs, exemplary embodiments provide a more natural viewing angle and line of sight for the viewing audience. Some embodiments are disclosed which employ repurposed shipping containers as structural elements of a cinema.

The present invention relates to a Tetris house designing system, and the technical problem to solve is to facilitate house design by laymen and enable a simulation for a finally decided house structure. For example, disclosed is a Tetris house designing system comprising: a unit interior space providing part for providing respective unit interior spaces of a house by dividing the unit interior spaces into three-dimensional blocks reflecting the actual areas of certain sizes; a unit interior space selection part for selecting the type and number of the unit interior spaces; a house structure generation part for generating house structure data by combining three-dimensional blocks selected by the house unit interior space selection part; and a virtual reality data providing part for generating and providing virtual reality data on the basis of the house structure data.

A sustainable floating and land application community based on a mass-produced modular, pre-fabricated kit of parts referred to as floating modular units (FMU) or land module units (LMU). Both modular units are designed to allow for various needs while remaining simple to deliver and assemble by hand in remote destinations prone to volatile shifts in water levels and currents. Both floating and land module units can be erected for use on land and bodies of water.

A building apparatus, system, and method are disclosed in which a structural core, with a minimal footprint, provide the backbone for building units that are multiples of the size of the footprint of the structural core with minimal additional support. Such units may be combined repeatedly and in various orientations to create more complex systems. The design, configuration, and assembly process disclosed is for a composite structural system that achieves an occupiable space capture through the use of a small footprint 3-D structural box frame that is strong enough to provide the shear strength for multiples of the depth of the frame base from a foundation anchorage merely equal to the size of the structural box frame base. Thus, each structural box frame solves for its own structural performance, or a combination of structural box frames may combine to solve for the combined structural performance. This strategy reduces the structural footprint relative to total occupiable space capture and reduces the number of building parts required to achieve occupiable space capture, which accelerates and simplifies builds, and reduces the staging area demands of construction.