Beam
The principal horizontal members of a roof, often attached to girders or a main beam which would be larger.
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Tie beam: In roof framing, a horizontal timber connecting two opposite rafters at their lowest ends to prevent them from spreading.
A camber beam is much stronger than another of the same size, since being laid with the hollow side downwards, as they usually are, they form a kind of supporting arch.
Beam Ceiling
A ceiling punctuated by wooden beams, evenly spaced across the width of a room.
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Beam
A Beam is a structural member transversely supporting a load.
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Beam (R grinda) heavy main support element made of concrete, steel, or wood and running horizontally between columns or load bearing walls. It may be supported at one, two or more points, but not throughout its length.
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Beam Hanger - A U shaped rod placed over a structural steel beam to carry the soffit form for concrete encasement
Bearer - A horizontal timber beam that carries the joists of a floor.
Beam - In roof construction a transverse, horizontal timber. In the body of a building a main horizontal timber supporting floor or ceiling joists.
Beam - A Horizontal load-bearing element that forms a principal part of a structure, usually using timber, steel, or concrete.
Bearing Partition - An interior wall supporting weight from above.
Tie-beam
the horizontal transverse beam in a roof, tying together the feet of pairs of rafters to counteract thrust.
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Tie-beam - The main horizontal roof beam just above the wall that connects the bases of rafters.
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TIE-BEAM The main horizontal beam in a roof, connecting the bases of the rafters, usually just above a wall.
Hammer Beam: A short horizontal beam, usually made of wood, extending from the top of a masonry wall outward towards the center of an enclosed space, but not completely crossing it.
Keystone : The apex of the vault.
Collar Beam/Tie A horizontal tie beam of a roof, which is joined to opposing rafters to prevent spreading of the roof structure. Normally at a level about half the height of the roof. Absence, removal or weakening can lead to roof spread.
Beam
A structural member that caries a load. Beams are usually placed horizontally and care a vertical load where the weight is transferred to walls, girders or columns.
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beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
Translations
lintel [ˈlɪntl] N → dintel m ...
Beam
A long piece of heavy wood, steel, etc., used as a horizontal support in construction.
beam inserted into a special hole in a great tower, gatehouse or curtain to support hoarding, or as scaffolding for building or repairs
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Tie beam
- a horizontal beam which joins the feet of the principals at wall head level.
See roof.
Post-and-beam construction with the use of natural materials such as redwood tongue-and-groove siding
Situated on level lots
Carports front and center with a recognition of the car as a symbol of social status
Flat roofs
Open-beam ceilings ...
Horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.LoftA upper room or floor, especially within a roof space; also, a gallery in a church.Loggia(Italian): A gallery or room with regular openings along one main side, sometimes free-standing.
ARCHITRAVE
Beam running on top of a row of columns; also, moldings around doors and windows.
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Post-and-beam: Post-and-beam framing is a traditional system of wood-frame construction, in common use into the 19th century, in which the skeleton of the house is formed from heavy posts (vertical members) and beams (horizontal members).
BRESSUMER - Beam spanning opening to support wall above.
BUILDING REGULATIONS - Statutory Local Authority control over building works.
BUILDING SURVEY - Detailed inspection and report (formerly Structural Survey).
Joist A beam supporting a floor or ceiling.K
Keystone The central, topmost stone of an arch.
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Lattice A grille created by criss-crossing or decoratively interlacing strips of material.
Threshold - a beam or support below a doorway.
Tympanum - the triangular area within the recess of a pediment.
Voussoir - one of the wedge-shaped stones used in constructing an arch.
Rafter
A roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. Is one of a series of sloped structural members, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
Lintel - A beam of any material used to span an opening.
Lubin, St.: Bishop of Chartres in 558 AD
Lunette - A semicircular opening above a window or door.
Bressumer - Beam to support a projection.
Broch - Drystone freestanding tower with interior court, no external windows (which face into the court), spiral stair inside wall, typically iron age Celtic refuge in Scotland.
Header: A heavy beam extended across the top of the rough opening to prevent the weight of wall or roof from resting on the window frame.
Hopper: A window with a top sash that swings inward.
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The last support beam from the south tower of the former World Trade Center was removed during a ceremony on May 30, 2002. This marked the official end of the World Trade Center recovery operation.
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.
Joist - Minor beam supporting a surface (e.g. floor, or ceiling), at regular intervals, supported on bearers.
Joinery - Windows, doors and their frames and other fine timber detail.
A large, horizontal beam supporting the wall above, especially in a jettied building....
Brise soleil
Projecting fins or canopies which shade windows from direct sunlight....
Beam - a structural component spanning an opening and designed to carry the weight of the structure above. Usually concrete or steel in newer construction. Often timber in older buildings.
Five on the should-beam, blazing in splendor.
Through all creation the angels of God
Beheld it shining - no cross of shame! -10
Holy spirits gazed on its gleaming,
Men upon earth and all this creation.
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Battering Ram - large beam used to break down the walls or doors of a fortification
Battlement - also known as crenellations. Crenellated parapet.
JAMB: the vertical face of an archway, doorway, or window KEYSTONE: the central stone of a true arch 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 ...
by fretwork or similar artistry Bay A projection from the outside wall, forming a bow window if curved, a faceted window or bay if angled, an oriel window if suspended above ground level, or a conical bay if its roof is cone-shaped Beam A ...
of the abacus is twice that of the depth, constituting therefore a bracket-capital; it is probable that at first it consisted of an oblong block of timber, which, raised on a vertical post or column, lessened the bearing of the architrave or beam, ...
Hammer-beam roofs are highly decorative, and can span great widths. They are called after the hammer-beam - a horizontal beam projecting out from the wall. These are supported by a curved piece of timber, arching out.
Exteriors could be any style, with typical features including irregular massing, low-slope gable roofs with wide eaves and exposed rafters, projecting beam ends or knee braces supporting bargeboards, porches with square-tapered columns or piers, ...
First, the sticking-out stone, dome roof, and second, the concrete covered beam roofs of lime. There is not much information on the first type, but a little more on the second. This type of roofing is flat and made of beams and lime concrete.
Purlin: Horizontal beam in a roof upon which rafters rest.
Quoin: The external angle of a building; or, specifically, bricks or stone blocks forming that angle.
Rafter: A sloping roof beam, usually timber, forming the carcass of a roof.
Before the arch was invented, a straight lintel, or beam, made of heavy stone or wood was the only way to support an opening in a wall; arches allowed for much larger openings that let in more air and light.
Header: Supporting member or beam above window opening which transfers building weight above to the supporting wall structure on each side of the window.
Hinged French doors: Hinged door(s) which have wider panel members around the glass.
Collar A horizontal tie beam of a roof, which is joined to opposing rafters at a level above that of the wall plates, designed to restrain opposing roof slopes. Absence, removal or weakening can lead to roof spread.
cantilever: a projecting beam supported by a weight on the other end.
cartouche: a heraldic panel, generally with curved sides.
caryatid: female figure supporting a capital or entablature.
Lintel -- A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.
Mansard Roof -- A roof with two slopes on all four sides, with the lower slope almost vertical and the upper almost horizontal.
architrave A horizontal beam or lintel, that rests on columns or piers; or the lowest portion of an entablature; or a decorative moulding around a door, a window, or an arch.
lintel: Flat horizontal beam which spans the space between two supports. MAS some as architrave????
loggia: An exterior gallery, open on one or more sides, with a colonnade or an arcade.
soffit - the underside of a beam, arch or other architectural element.
stoop - the landing and stairs, covered or uncovered, leading to the main entrance of a house ...
lintel (6) -- a horizontal block or beam bridging a door or other opening (Pedley, 355)
loomweight (2) -- small terracotta pieces used to hold down the warp threads on a weaving loom ...
A horizontal structural member, such as a beam or stone, that spans the opening as between the uprights of a door, window, or similar architectural element.
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Corbel: stone bracket projecting from a wall or corner to support a beam
Donjon: the inner stronghold (keep) of a castle
Drawbridge: a wooden bridge leading to a gateway, capable of being raised or lowered ...
lintels:
the horizontal beam that forms the upper member of window or door frame and supports part of the structure above it ...
This is the accepted manner of the Crucifixion cross, based upon the upright beam and crossbar commonly used by the Romans for execution.
soffit - The exposed underside of an arch, cornice, balcony or beam
spandrel - The triangular space between the outside of an arch and the rectangular space surrounding it ...
In classical building architecture, the horizontal structure that is supported on the columns like a beam is called an entablature. The entablature is commonly divided into the architrave, the frieze and the cornice.
Lintel
A flat horizontal beam that spans an opening between two supports and that carries the weight of the structure above it.
 See also: House, Architecture, Frame, Timber, Floor
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