balcony - a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
balusters, balustrade, banister, handrail, bannister - a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling ...
Balcony (from Italian balcone, scaffold; cf. High German balcho, beam, balk), a kind of platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade.
Balcony
A platform projecting from a wall directly outside a door on an upper level of a building.
Balcony - A platform projecting from an upper story and enclosed by a railing.
Balloon Framing - A common type of house framing using a box sill and ribband (if a second floor exist).
Balcony:
1. A platform that projects from the wall of a building and is surrounded by a railing, balustrade, or parapet.
2. A gallery that projects over the main floor in a theater or an auditorium ...
balcony
A platform projecting from a wall, enclosed by a railing or balustrade, supported on brackets or cantilevered out.
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Balcony entrance to the main theater at EMPAC in Troy, NY
The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is designed to explore new technologies in the performing arts.
Balcony
A platform projecting from an upper story and enclosed by a railing. A balconet is a low, slightly projecting, ornamental railing around the lower portion of a window: a false balcony.
The balcony is balustrade that stretches across the front of the house followed by an arcade porch that hangs over the doorway. The doorway consists of paired, asymmetrical doors lined with molding.
An upper balcony with seating overlooking the nave
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The metal (or wooden) pointer on a sun dial ...
Gallery
A balcony or mezzanine overlooking the main interior space of a building. In a church the gallery is an upper storey directly above the aisle, with arches looking down into the nave.
Japan Dark varnish like Japanese lacquer, often applied to floorboards and door hardware Joists Horizontal timbers to which flooring or ceiling is fixed Juliet balcony A small roofed balcony as at the gable end of an attic
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Balcony A platform projecting from an upper story and enclosed by a railing.
Balconet - False balcony outside a window
Ball flower - an architectural ornament in the form of a ball inserted in the cup of a flower, which came into use in the latter part of the 13th, and was in great vogue in the early part of the 14th century.
Maq'ad
Projecting balcony overlooking a courtyard in Egyptian houses.
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From a balcony on the minaret the muzzin calls people to prayer MOSQUE: an Islamic religious building for communal prayer NICHE: a vertical recess in a wall or pier, usually arched and containing a statue or urn OBELISK: a tall, ...
The upper portion is divided into two or three stages, the wall of the upper storey being slightly set back behind the one below, so as to admit of a narrow balcony, from which the azan, or call to prayer, ...
Balcony - A horizontal cantilevered projection including a handrail or balustrade to serve as passage or sitting out place and/or platform extension to a wall.
Baldacchino - Canopy over a throne or altar.
In today's Montereys, balcony railings are typically styled in iron or wood; roofs are low pitched or gabled and covered with shingles--variants sometimes feature tiles--and exterior walls are constructed in stucco, brick, or wood.
Veranda - An open gallery or balcony with a roof supported by light, usually metal, supports.
Vermiculation - Decoration of a surface by means of random channels resembling worm-tracks. See also rustication.
Soffit: The under-surface of eaves, balcony, arch etc.
Solid Fuel: Heating fuel, normally coal, coke or one of a variety of proprietary fuels.
Spandrel: Space above and to the sides of an arch; also the space below a staircase.
Parapet A wall above the edge of a roof or balcony etc.
Parapet Gutter A timber gutter of rectangular cross-section usually providing with a flexible metal or other impervious lining. Used behind a parapet wall or sometimes at a valley.
Balustrade - A railing, usually along the edge of a balcony or verandah.
Bargeboard (barge) - Projecting boards facing the gable of a building; sometimes quite ornately decorated (girth fretwork).
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French doors leading to balcony
(French door: A door, usually one of a pair, with glass panes extending for most of its length)
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Parapet Low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony, or extending over the roof slopes above a party or gable wall.
Parapet Gutter A gutter behind a parapet usually provided with a flexible metal or other impervious lining.
PARAPET A low wall on a balcony or above the cornice of a building.
PARGETING Plasterwork, incised or modelled with ornamental patterns, on a building's exterior walls.
Exterior view of inner court balcony
Exterior view of inner court hill
Exterior view of inner court
Exterior view of north roof
Exterior view of south roof ...
parapet - A low wall or protective railing used along a roof or balcony
patera - A small, round or oval in a medallion as seen in door or window moldings, plain or richly decorated with leaves or flowers. (pl. paterae) ...
- a parapet or stair rail composed of uprights (balusters) carrying a coping or handrail, usually they are there for safety reasons eg at a balcony, but they can be used for simple separation as in parterre gardens.
Cantilever
A horizontal projection, such as a balcony or beam, supported at one end only.
Choir
A square or rectangular area in a church between the apse and the crossing.
The Monterey-style balcony can also be seen on Spanish Colonial Revival houses, such as the Bridgford House (1927) at 401 Cannon Lane, and an adaptation of the style for the remodel of the residence at 541 E. Dorothy Drive ...
parapet:
a low, protective wall or railing along the edge of a roof, balcony or similar structure
pediment:
a wide low-pitched gable surmounting the facade of a building in the Grecian style ...
parapet - a protective railing or low wall at the edge of a roof, balcony or terrace
parging (pargeting) - to coat with plaster, particularly foundation walls and rough masonry (see stucco) ...
An entire railing system along the edge of a balcony or stairwell, including the top rail, bottom rail and balusters.
Bargeboard ...
Parapet - A wall serving as a guard at the edge of a roof, terrace, bridge, balcony, or the like.
Pier - An independent mass of brickwork, masonry or concrete, which gives support to beams or arches.
a long bracket or beam projecting from a wall to support a balcony or stairs, fixed at only one end.
Capital
the head or cornice of a pillar or column.
Projection. Architectural element projecting from the wall of a building (frieze, balcony, bracket, butress etc.).
Pulpit. Elevated platform or reading desk in a church (occasionally also located externally) from which a sermon is preached.
At the top of every minaret is a balcony from which the muezzin (a Muslim crier) calls the faithful to prayer five times a day. The Arabic form of the word is manarah, meaning "place of light".
PARAPET
Low wall or barrier railing at a balcony or roof edge.
PEDESTAL
Support block under the base of a column.
a series of balusters, or upright pillars, supporting a rail (as along the edge of a balcony or bridge).
Baptistery
a building, usually round or polygonal, used for Christian baptismal services.
cantilever A horizontal projection from a building, such as a step, balcony, beam or canopy, that is without external bracing and appears to be self-supporting.
balustrade A railing composed of balusters and a top rail running along the edge of a porch, balcony, roof, or stoop.
bay A regularly repeating division of a facade, marked by fenestration.
SOFFIT The exposed undersurface of any overhead component of a building such as an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, lintel or vault.
SPIRE An elongated, pointed structure that rises from a tower, turret, or roof.
parapet (23) -- a low wall, placed at the edge of a platform, balcony, or roof (Oxford Dict.)
parastade (7)
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parapet - a low wall used as protection in any location where there is a drop like at the edge of a roof, balcony or terrac.
rafter - An inclined timber which forms the side of a roof, to which the roof covering is attached..
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Hoarding - Upper wooden stories on a stone castle wall; the living area; sometimes, a temporary wooden balcony suspended from the tops of walls from which missiles could be dropped.
Cantilever - A beam or other structure projecting from a wall and supporting an extension to a building, as on a cantilevered balcony or upper story.
The main identifying feature of this style is the second-story balcony (cantelievered), and covered by principal roof. Here in Savannah, it seems to have less Spanish influence and more Colonial Revival.
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GalleryA long room or passage; an upper storey above the aisles of a church, looking through arches to the nave; a balcony or mezzanine overlooking the main interior space of a building; or an external walkway.
Other types of illuminated initial: foliate, inhabited, pen flourished Hoarding: Upper wooden stories on a stone castle wall; the living area; sometimes, a temporary wooden balcony suspended from the tops of walls from which missiles could be ...
Parapet - low wall along the edge of a roof, balcony etc.
Parapet Gutter - a gutter usually provided with a flexible metal or other impervious lining. Used behind a parapet or sometimes at a valley. Frequently hidden and often a source of damp.
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