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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 - 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 ...

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Architecture
1. A series of arches supported by pillars, piers or columns ...

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: A series of arches supported by columns or piers.
Contrast with colonnade
See also blind arcade,column, pier, spandrel
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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...

arcade literally, a series of arches; in gardening, often a straight, tree-lined walkway, the trees forming the arched ceiling.

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 - Row of arches, free-standing and supported on piers or columns; a blind arcade is a "dummy".

Arcade - A series of arches.
Arch - A curved load-bearing structure of wedge-shaped (voussoirs) bearing on each other in compression.

arcade
1. a series of arches
2. blind arcade - a series of arches fixed to a wall ...

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 (architecture) - 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 - 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
Series of arches, free-standing, supported by columns. Common feature in both secular and religious architecture.
Arch ...

arcade:
a series of arched supports
architrave:
the lowermost part of an entablature, resting directly on top of a column ...

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.

Arcade: a series of columns joined by arches.
Architrave: The lowest part of an entablature.
Ashlar: Regular, uniformly shaped rectangular blocks of building stone.

Arcade: An arch or a series of arches supported by piers or columns (fig.6) ...

Arcade:
A series of arches supported by columns or piers, it may be attached to a wall (blind) or freestanding.

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 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 series of arches supported by piers or columns.
Arcading - An uninterruped series of arcades.

Arcade - An arcade is a series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; ...

arcade
A series or row of arches carried on columns or piers. The outward thrust of each arch meets and balances the thrust of the next arch in the series. (See ARCH. ) ...

An arcaded gallery above nave, choir, or transept arches of a church.
Truncate
To cut the top or end off, to lop, to maim.

Blind Arcade.
(Arcading) Applies to the surface of a wall decorated by columns and arches, usually in relief. and in mediaeval churches.
Architectural styles and their approximate dates.

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.

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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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.

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 ...

Aisle Part of a church, hall or other building, parallel to the main span and divided from it by an ARCADE of piers or columns or in rare cases by a screen wall. See figure 10. [p.

arcade A series of arches supported by columns or piers, or a passageway formed by these arches. arch A curved structure that supports the weight of the material above it.

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, ...

Aisle - space between arcade and outer wall.
Allure - also known as the wall walk, it is the path running behind the parapet at the top of a wall or tower.
Ambulatory - aisle round an apse.
Apse - rounded and usually of a chancel or chapel.

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.

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 ...

arcade: a range of arches.
arch: the head of an opening.
armoury: a weapons storage room.
arrow slit: narrow slit in castle walls for firing arrows.
ashlar: building stone neatly trimmed to shape. Stone with cut flat surface.

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.

A porch or vestibule of a church, generally colonnaded or arcaded and preceding the nave.

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