Align The faces of objects that are in line with each other, or when their center-lines lie on the same axis. Aluminum Siding Lightweight material that is often painted rather than left in its natural color.
Windows aligned horizontally and vertically in symmetrical rows, usually five-ranked on front facade, less commonly three-ranked or seven-ranked; windows never in adjacent pairs, although three-part Palladian-style windows are common.
the compass alignment of the church. The altar is usually oriented to the east. P Parapet - ...
the horizontal alignment of the heads of all the figures in a composition. Isometric projection an architectural diagram combining a ground plan of a building with a view from an exterior point above and slightly to one side.
Arbatskaya (deep alignment). Unusual parabolic vault instead of circular ...
Before the sixteenth century most mosques were rectangular with a single row of columns aligned with the mihrab and a separate room for ablutions to the south.
- a process in jointing timber where holes in for example, a mortice and tennon, are drilled slightly out of alignment, so that when a peg is inserted, the joint is drawn tightly together.
The door leads to an entryway with stairway and hall aligned along the center of the house. All rooms branch off of these.
Profile Alignment Group for Office Document Architecture Profile Alignment System Profile and Notification Facility Profile angle Profile buyer/seller profile chart profile component profile components Profile configuration file ...
Traverse: (1) A mound or earth situated at intervals along a work such as a covered way, the traveres were aligned at right angles to the work and prevented it from being swept by flanking fire should part of the work be taken by the enemy, ...
Enfilade - The French system of aligning internal doors in a sequence so that a vista is obtained through a series of rooms when all the doors are open. They are usually placed close to the windows. The arrangement was introduced c.
Georgian home plan architecture also share a unique set of characteristics which includes one or two story boxed floor plans usually two rooms deep, windows that are symmetrically balanced (aligned horizontally and vertically - never in adjacent ...
Multi-paned double-hung windows with thick muntins were aligned horizontally and vertically with five second floor windows positioned directly above the first story windows with the center window placed above the front door.
BAY A means of describing the wall openings in vertical alignment. A five-bay house, for example, may have a doorway with four windows on the main floor and five windows on the upper floor .
enfilade Connecting suites of rooms aligned along a single axis, an arrangement popular in Rococo architecture. Examples: Versailles, Sans Souci ...
Orientation - the compass alignment of the church. The altar is usually oriented to the east.
- Cross-ways compartment of a church, generally used as a pair leading off the crossing at the junction of the nave and choir; usually aligned north-south. Transom rail. - Horizontal bar across the lights of a window. Tudor period. - 1485-1603.
Common uses of parapets include non-structural height extension for a building such as for a decorative cornice, concealment of rooftop surfaces or equipment, or horizontal alignment or emphasis of building masses.
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