Arcade
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ARCADE, in architecture, a range of arches, supported either by columns or piers; isolated in the case of those separating the nave of a church from the aisles, or forming the front of a covered ambulatory, ...
Arcade window: central column and round arches. Example: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
See also: Blind arcade ... Vocabulary - Churches in Buffalo, NY
Furniture ...
arcade - a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
amusement arcade - an arcade featuring coin-operated game machines
passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings ...
Arcade
A series of arches, either open or closed with masonry, supported by columns or piers.
London ...
Arcaded Block
2-3 stories
The Arcaded blocks have tall, evenly spaced, round-arched openings extending across a wide facade with no separate bracketing elements at the ends.
arcade literally, a series of arches; in gardening, often a straight, tree-lined walkway, the trees forming the arched ceiling.
Arcade - Row of arches, free-standing and supported on piers or columns; a blind arcade is a "dummy".
ARCADE A number of arches supported on columns or piers. A flat or blind arcade is applied to a wall to articulate the surface.
ARCH A device, usually in stone or brick, that spans an opening in a curved or pointed formation.
arcade:
a series of arched supports
architrave:
the lowermost part of an entablature, resting directly on top of a column ...
arcade - literally, a series of arches supported on columns or square or rectangular piers; or a covered passageway whose sides are open arcades; and, by extension, a covered way lined with shops even if no arches are used.
ARCADE: a series of arches supported by columns or piers, it may be attached to a wall (blind) or freestanding. (IMAGE) ...
Arcade
A series of arches supported by piers or columns.
Blind Arcade.
Arcade: An arch or a series of arches supported by piers or columns (fig.6) ...
arcade: a row of arches supported by columns.
arch: a structure spanning an open space, such as a wall opening, and often supporting a structure above. The simple semi-circular form can be created using wedge-shaped masonry or bricks.
ARCADE
Series of arches supported by piers or columns. Blind arcade or arcading: the same applied to the wall surface.
arcade : A series of arches supported by columns or piers, or a passageway formed by these arches.
arcading : An uninterrupted series of arcades
arch : A curved structure that supports the weight of the material above it.
ARCADE A series of arches supporting or attached to a church wall.
ARCH A structure forming the curved, pointed, or flat upper edge of an open space and supporting the weight above it, as in a bridge or doorway.
Arcade - A range of arches carried on piers or columns, either free-standing or blind, i. E. attached to a walls.
Arcade Doge's Palace - Venice - Italy (1419) ...
Arcade
A linked series of arches supported by columns, piers, or pillars. Also, a roofed passageway or gallery, especially with shops along one or both sides. Also see: blind arcade.
Arcade
a gallery formed by a series of arches with supporting columns or piers, either freestanding or blind (i.e., attached to a wall).
Arch ...
arcade
Passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns. Blind arcade or arcading, the same applied to the wall surface.
Arcade
A decorative feature, used in Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Arcades are made up of a series of columns and arches, creating rhythmic patterns.
Arcade - A series of arches.
Arch - A curved load-bearing structure of wedge-shaped (voussoirs) bearing on each other in compression.
Arcade
- a row of arches carried on piers, columns or pilasters, either free-standing, or decoratively attached to a wall ie blind. Also refers to a covered passage with shops on one or both sides.
(Illustration)
(Illustration) of a blind arcade.
ARCADE
A roofed walkway, one side composed of a series of arches. An arcade provided a cool place to walk in summertime, was dry in winter, and helped protect adobe walls from direct rainfall.
Asistencia
San Antonio de Pala ...
ARCADE: A row of arches supported by columns or piers.
BAILEY: The outer courtyard of a castle; also, the wall surrounding the courtyard
BARBICAN: An outwork from which the gateway or entrance to a castle was defended.
Arcade : A row of arches set atop piers/columns. Sometimes refers to the arched roof itself.
Corbel : A stone Abutment projecting from a wall supporting vaults, arches & roofs.
Gallery of arcade under a clerestory.
Triptych
A set of three paintings often on panels that are related in subject matter, often seen as a backdrop to the high altar in a church.
The "blind arcade" beneath this window at Canterbury Cathedral has overlapping arches forming points, a common decorative feature of Romanesque architecture in England.
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Arcature
"An arcade of small dimensions, such as a balustrade, formed by a series of little arches. Image: Arcature.- Cathedral of Petersborough, England."-Whitney, 1902...
loggia 1. An arcaded or colonnaded structure, open on one or more sides, sometimes with an upper story. 2. An arcaded or colonnaded porch or gallery attached to a larger structure.
Riwaq (Rivaq)
Arcade or portico open on at least one side.
Definition
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Wall arcadeIn medieval churches, a blind arcade forming a dado below windows.Wallhead(Scots): Straight top of a wall. Wallhead chimney: chimney rising from a wallhead. Wallhead gable: gable rising from a wallhead.
Blind arcade - line of arches on the face of a solid wall for decoration.
Blockhouse - small square fortification, usually of timber bond overlapping arrangement of bricks in courses (flemish, dutch, french, etc.).
Aisle: Open area of a church parallel to the nave and separated from it by columns or piers; Space between arcade and outer wall. Allure: Wall-walk, passage behind the parapet of a castle wall; Walkway along the top of a wall.
arcade A line of arches. archivolt An arch set immediately inside a larger arch. barrel vault A rounded ceiling shaped like half a barrel, which runs the length of the nave and has no rib vaults.
patioPatio is a Spanish word for an arcaded or colonaded courtyard. It is now applied to any small paved area in a garden.
of rib vault LANTERN: a small circular or polygonal turret with windows all round, crowning a roof or a dome LINTEL: a horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening LOAD BEARING CONSTRUCTION: construction in which walls, posts, columns, or arcades ...
In the flat plane of a wall, arches may be used in rows, supported by piers or columns to form an arcade; for roofs or ceilings, a sequence of arches, one behind the other, may be used to form a half-cylinder (or barrel) vault; ...
The interior order exhibits the defects of the imperfectly organized Norman system, particularly in the lofty, vaulted triforium or gallery, so great in size that there is no rhythm in the relationship of arcade, triforium and clerestory, ...
It is four stories high with rings of arcades on the first three levels. On each level the arches connect to three-quarter columns.
Instead of an enlarged clerestory, as at Chartres, the architect of Bourges created an immensely tall ground-story arcade and reduced the height of the clerestory to that of the triforium.
Arcaded entrances or porches; canvas awnings
Doors and windows frequently arched; windows recessed
Balconies and porches
Ornately carved details, especially around windows, entrances, and cornices ...
Side elevations for Early Gothic was mostly quadripartite elevation, with four stories of windows and levels, labeled the nave arcade, gallery, triforium, and clerestory.
A two-story shopping arcade called The Boulevard connects the sister skyscrapers in the Emirates Towers complex. Emirates Office Tower much taller than Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, but the hotel has more stories.
Nave elevation: nave arcade, gallery, and clerestory. Note the alternation in the compound piers with one composed of pilaster and half column and the other with simply a half column. This alternation connects to the sexpartite rib vault above.
Cryptoporticus - Usually a slightly sunken arcade or barrel vault creating a long walkway or storage area. Architecturally, they often also function as buttressing for larger, adjacent structures.
Piers - Compound columns supporting the arcades down each side of the main vessel, which may comprise groups of individual shafts or a monolithic unit.
Porch - The covered projecting structure in front of the doorway.
Triforium
A galleried arcade at the second floor level, even with the aisle roof. Also called a "blind-storey" - the triforium looks like a row of window frames without window openings.
loggia A gallery that is open on one or more sides, often with an arcade.
loophole In military architecture, a narrow hole in a wall through which ordnance or arms can be fired.
lunette A semi-circular shaped ornament or painting; ...
Arcading: rows of arches supported on columns, free-standing or attached to a wall (blind arcade)
Arrow Loop: A narrow vertical slit cut into a wall through which arrows could be fired from inside
Ashlar: blocks of smooth, squared stone of any kind ...
Describes the part of the church running parallel to the nave and separated from it by an arcade or row of piers. Aisles were intended to provide additional space for the congregation, and in the medieval period, to accommodate the Chantry Chapel.
Triforium - An arcaded gallery above nave, choir, or transept arches of a church.
Truncate - To cut the top or end off, to lop, to maim.
Truss - Individual section of supportive framework bridging a space.
A porch or vestibule of a church, generally colonnaded or arcaded and preceding the nave.
On the other hand, the tall attenuated piers of the ground-story arcade, the pencil-thin vaulting shafts rising through the clerestory to the springing of the ribs, ...
 See also: Architecture, Arches, House, Church, Vault
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