Awnings became a common feature in the years after the Civil War. Iron plumbing pipe, which was quickly adapted for awning frames, became widely available and affordable as a result of mid-century industrialization.
Awning
A metal, glass, or cloth protective roof over a window, deck ,or door to offer shade or relief from rain.
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Awning A window that is hinged on the top to open like an awning.
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Bay Window A composite of three or more windows, usually made up of a large center unit and two flanking units at 30°, 45° or 90° angles to the wall.
Awning Window A window hinged along the top edge.
Axis (pl. axes) The centerline of openings or objects that align in a row along an imaginary line. B
Balcony A platform projecting from an upper story and enclosed by a railing.
Awning window: A window that has a single sash in which the bottom of the sash swings out.
Astragal: The center member of a double door, which is attached to the inactive door panel.
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Awning Sash - A frame in which the panes of a window are set. The frame is built in such a way that the bottom swings outward in a window frame.
Awning - Top hinged
Hopper - Bottom hinged
Oriel - Windows that generally project from an upper story, supported by a bracket.
Awning window
A window unit in which the bottom of the sash swings outward for ventilation.
Awning window: Hinged at the top, this window has a single sash that swings outward from the bottom.
Awning Window - A window hinged along the top edge.
Backfill - (1) filling in any previously excavated area. (2) in carpentry, the process of fastening together two pieces of board by gluing blocks of wood in the interior angle.
Buffalo Awning & Tent Company (C. 1870)
1870-1920
Georgian (Colonial) Revival ...
Awning window
A window that has a single sash in which the bottom of the sash swings outward. Awnings are typically from the pane of a wall & are good at keeping rain out even when open.
awning A projecting shading device, usually of canvas, mounted on the outside of a door or window.
baluster One of a series of short vertical posts, often ornamental, used to support a rail.
awning window - a window attached at the top of the window, which pushes out from the bottom to open ...
awning, sunblind, sunshade - a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
baldachin - ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar) ...
WINDOW TYPES
Awning - A window hinged along the top edge. An awning window is a casement window that is hung horizontally, hinged on top, so that it swings outward like an awning ...
Velatium: the awning stretched above a amphitheater to protect spectators from the sun
Via: a broad public road; within Rome during the Republican period only two streets carried this designation, Sacra Via and Nova Via ...
- advertisements can take many forms, awnings, blinds, hanging signs, hoardings, placards etc - all have an impact on their surroundings.
One of the more mysterious parts to the Colosseum is that an awning could be stretched around the whole ampitheatre from the top story in case of bad weather. Architects today still wonder how the Romans constructed this feature.
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 ...
In the Colosseum even the poor and women had protection from rain or sun however an extensive velarium, a coloured awning , could be stretched across the arena.
The iwans could be closed off with folding doors whilst the courtyard could be covered over with an awning. On the upper floor overlooking the courtyard were wooden galleries.
Towers, cupolas, and weather vanes
Awnings
Mock shutters
Ornamental brackets
Half-timbering
Stained glass windows
Palladian windows, arched windows, and round windows
Embossed tin ceilings
Victorian lampposts ...
galvanised iron pieces attached to the corners of roof guttering Architrave The moulding around a door or window Attached Two or more structures joined together by a common wall Attic A room within the roof of a building Awning A ...
One main characteristic is the decorative brackets evenly spaced and often paired, which are positioned underneath low-pitched roofs with wide overhanging eaves. The brackets are often placed in front of an embellished band trim, or a row of awning ...
 See also: House, Architecture, Frame, Door, Brick
  
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