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caisson: see coffer.
capital: the uppermost part of a column, usually carved with abstract or figural ornament.
Carolingian: pertaining to the Emperor Charlemagne.

 


Caisson: an alternative name for a coffer
Found in Classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Classical Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire ...

Coffer / Caisson
- sunken panels in a ceiling formed by ribs or beams and cross bracing. Looks like a lot of upturned empty boxes.
Sometimes referred to as a caisson.

Coffered (Caissoned) ceiling. Square or polygonal panels set into a ceiling and often decorated with ornamental motifs.

tunnel vault, or wagon vault, base, basement, bay window, bead, beak, bed moulding, belfry, bezant, bezzant, or byzant, billet, binder, bolection or bilection, bottom house, bow, bow window, bracket, brattishing, breast, broach, buttress, caisson, ...

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è"' (轩) xuan (Verandas with windows)
榭 xie (Pavilions or houses on terraces)
屋 wu (Rooms along roofed corridors) ...

The 222,500-ton building is supported by 114 rock caissons socketed into the bedrock.
A 106-cab elevator system (including 16 double decker elevators) divides the Tower into three separate zones with skylobbies in between.

Coffer - a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon that serves as a decorative device, usually in a ceiling or vault. Also called caissons, or lacunar.[1] ...

See also: Architecture, Coffer, Ceiling, Ground, Tower

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