Knee brace
A diagonal support placed across the angle between two members that are joined; serves to stiffen and strengthen the members
Found in Bungalow, Stick, Arts & Crafts styles ...
Wind braces, in architecture, are diagonal braces to tie the rafters of a roof together and prevent racking. In the better sort of medieval roofs they are arched, and run from the principal rafters to catch the purlins.
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BRACE - the diagonal (can be curved or straight) piece of wood that helps strengthen the frame.
STUD - smaller posts in the wall.
WINDOW SILL - the base of a window opening.
Braces
Curved or angled pieces of wood used to strengthen a roof or other timber structure.
Brace Diagonal support in a timber door.
Bracing The arrangement of timbers spanning across roof trusses to provide lateral stability
Bressumer A lintel, often timber, over an opening such as a fireplace or bay.
Brace - Angled timber support to strengthen roof structure. If to a rafter, a strut.
Wind-braces
Short, usually curved braces in a timber-framed roof, connecting side purlins or ridge piece with the principals.Winder ...
knee brace (strut) - a diagonal support across the angle formed by two perpendicular members.
lancet arch or window - A long, narrow, pointed arch or window ...
Knee Brace
A diagonal corner member for bracing the angle between two joined members such as a column and rafter. This serves to stiffen and strengthen the joint.
Leaded Lights ...
Braces
- pieces of reinforcing timbers set diagonally between structural members. An arched brace comprises two curved timbers forming an arch.
See roof.
bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristband - a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist
mourning band, weed - a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning ...
A diagonal brace placed at the corner of a frame structure to provide strength. Commonly found on the inside corners of dressers and chests for example.
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or decorating the junction of the internal wall and the ceiling Course A horizontal layer of some material, especially bricks Cresting A decorative piece along the top of a wall or roof, e.g. filigree cast iron along the ridge Cross-brace ...
BRACKET
Supporting brace under eaves or other projecting elements.
BRICK
A substance made from clay molded and fired in a kiln or baked in the sun, used in building, paving, etc.
ARCHED BRACE: a curved beam providing support to a roof by joining a collar beam to a wall plate or hammerbeam, a hammerbeam in one tier to a hammerbeam in another, or a hammerbeam to a wall plate. ARCHIVOLT: the under-surface of an arch.
Single-framed: if consisting entirely of transverse members (such as rafters with or without braces, collars, tie-beams, king-posts or queen-posts, etc. [see below] not tied together longitudinally.
Golden bracelets on golden arms, a low golden stool under golden feet, such a throne that there is nothing in it other than precious stones, nothing except the best gold is visible, ...
Wide roof overhangs with exposed rafter tails or decorative beams or braces under the gables
Centered dormer in an unfinished attic with a roof line that mirrors main roof ...
Some of the most distinctive character defining elements of the style include projecting eaves which are often accented with braces or brackets, and large roof extension porches across the front facade.
Fullerton businessmen and residents, however, did not readily embrace these "modern" styles, preferring to construct buildings in the revival styles until the start of World War II.
In order to give greater height in the centre, the ordinary tie beam is cut through, and the portions remaining, known as hammerbeams, are supported by curved braces from the wall; in Westminster Hall, in order to give greater strength to the framing, ...
SPANDRIL, or Spandrel (formerly splaundrel, a word of unknown origin), in architecture, the space between any arch or curved brace and the level label, beams, &c., over the same.
Brackets and braces can be quite ornate, but seldom contain any Classical elements; instead they are more like "Arts and Crafts" designs. In many Bungalows there are sleeping porches or a raised central sleeping area in the middle of the building.
Steel, aluminium, and glass combine with brightly colored braces, girders, and beams. Many of the building parts are prefabricated in a factory and assembled later.
BUTTRESS
A stone or brick structure to support or brace a heavy wall. A series of tall narrow buttresses ending in decorative finials not only support San Gabriel's church wall, but give it a distinctive appearance.
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Bit - An interchangeable working tool that fits into the chunk of a drill, a router or a carpenter's brace. The most common bit is the drill bit and/or;
The working head of a soldering iron, usually made of copper ...
Exposed rafter tails, roof beams, and triangular knee braces are very typical of Arts and Crafts houses. Dormers, on this and other house styles, come in many different forms (gable, eyebrow, hipped, polygonal, curbed, shed).
Hammer beams : Right angled support beams projecting from wall tops to brace wooden roofs.
Jamb : The vertical side masonry of a door, window or portal entranceway, often a place for the setting of statuary.
hammerbeam: type of roof construction in which the braces rest on cantilevered beams supported on brackets.
herm: a pier ending in a head or bust, often a female figure used as a support.
The style was identified with low-pitched gable roofs, usually facing the street, with wide, unenclosed eave overhangs, exposed roof rafters, decorative beams and braces commonly added under gables, ...
tie rod A metal tension rod connecting two structural members, such as gable walls or beams, acting as a brace or reinforcement; often anchored by means of a metal plate in such forms as an "S" or a star.
Tie Bar: Heavy metal bar passing through a wall, or walls, to brace a structure suffering from structural instability.
Stud The upright post forming part of the framework of a braced-frame building.
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a vertical post standing centrally on a tie-beam to give direct support to a collar and collar purlin, and additionally to the collar purlin through two-way braces.
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A short horizontal beam, usually made of wood, extending from the top of a masonry wall outward towards the center of the enclosed space, but not completely traversing it. The projecting end is usually connected to the roof with a diagonal brace.
any work of Byzantine architecture outside of its deep connection to religion gives us an incomplete picture of this tradition. While the Byzantines were the heirs of the Roman Empire, they turned away from the gods of antiquity to embrace ...
The projecting end is usually connected to the roof with a diagonal brace. The protruding ends of hammer beams were often elaborately carved. Hanging Arch: An arch which has, or seems to have, no vertical supports.
The gables are decorated with trusses at the apex, brackets support overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails, and the porches usually have diagonal support or curve braces.
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