William Chambers - English architect (1723-1796)
Chambers, Sir William Chambers
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chamber tomb (13) -- a rectangular chamger cut into the side of a hill and approached by a long entrance passage (dromos) (Biers, 335)
chert (2) -- a form of amorphous silica found in several varieties, e.g. flint (Oxford Dict.) ...
Side Chambers
Many Armenian churches have small chambers located on each side of the altar apse. In most cases these chambers seem to have served a liturgical purpose since they often had their own apses.
Great chamber - Lord's solar, or bed-sitting room.
Great Hall - The building in the inner ward that housed the main meeting and dining area for the castle's residence; throne room ...
smoke chambers
The are immediately above the damper and smoke shelf of a fireplace in the chimney.
smoke shelf ...
Chamber between the pronaos and the cella in Greek temples where oracles were delivered....
Cincture
Ring, list, or fillet at the top and bottom of a column, which divides the shaft from the capital and base....
chamber used for storing and preparing food and drink
Buttress
Cable moulding ...
a chamber or vault beneath the main body of a church.
Cuneiform
a form of writing consisting of wedge-shaped characters, used in ancient Mesopotamia.
Belfry Chamber or stage in a tower where bells are hung. The term is also used to describe the manner in which bricks are laid in a wall so that they interlock.
BelfryChamber or stage in a tower where bells are hung.Bell capitalA form of capital shaped like an upturned bell, common in early medieval architecture.Bellcast roof(Scots): A sloping roof swept out slightly over the eaves.
Chamber or stage in a tower where bells are hung.
BOND
The way in which brick courses are laid:
Header: brick laid so that the end only appears on the face of the wall. Stretcher: brick laid so that the side only appears on the face of the wall.
INSPECTION CHAMBER - Commonly called "manhole". Access point to a drain comprising a chamber (of brick, concrete or plastic) with the drainage channel at its base and a removable cover at ground level.
Triforium chamber: "This is the space between the vault of the aisles and a lean-to roof of sharp pitch which is constructed to protect the masonry of the vault from the weather" - Gothic Architecture in England, ...
1900: Broadway Chambers Building, New York City
1902: Essex County Courthouse, Newark, New Jersey
1904: Festival Hall and Art Building, St. Louis, Missouri
1905: Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul
1907: US Custom House, New York City
1913: F.W.
An underground chamber.
Curvilinear
Flowing tracery of windows as seen in the latter period of the Decorated style.
Access Chamber - A space big enough for a person to get into.
Access Floor - A floor above the structural floor, creating the space between them, for cables going to office work stations, to allow easy wire management for data, telephone, ...
Cap House
- a small chamber or house usually at the top of a stair, leading out onto a parapet walk. Used by a guard. Found on castles, church towers etc.
Crypt
A vaulted chamber made to house graves and relics, generally located beneath the chancel. Many crypts were very large, to allow numbers of pilgrims access.
Catacomb: Subterranean burial chamber used during the Roman Empite. Catacombs were used for burial, not only by Christians, ...
Benching - shaped concrete slope beside drainage channel within an inspection chamber. Also known as "haunching".
Binder - a cross timber laid over ceiling joists to reduce their effective span and prevent sagging.
cella The inner, holiest chamber of a Classical temple or a Roman shop facing the street. chancel The eastern or front end of a church, containing the choir and altar and usually reserved for use by the clergy and choir.
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and the other a kind of covered chamber open at the ends, and having small windows at the sides as a protection from rain.
One of the most interesting discoveries is a square tomb chamber measuring just over 5 m on each side with a column recessed into each of the external corners.
One room is the reception chamber where the king would meet with travelers, nobles, etc. The next room was the emperor's personal apartments, this room was large because the emperor would often receive gifts and tributes.
In Zoser's pyramid, the burial chamber was located at the bottom of a 92 ft. shaft. The chamber entrance could be reached by travelling down a sloping passage originating at the north face.
SolarPrivate upper chamber in a medieval house, accessible from the high or dais end of the great hall.
Casemate, Casement, Cazemate, Cazematte: (1) A chamber within a tower used to house artillery away from the elements such as catapults, Greek from the 4th century BC.
In 1919, the Fullerton Board of Trade (later the Chamber of Commerce) and the City Council made history by passing a resolution establishing the Spanish Colonial Revival style as the architectural style for public buildings.
The 501(c)(6) is specifically reserved to Chamber of Commerce organizations, economic development corporations, real estate boards, trade boards, professional football leagues (e.g., the NFL), and other types of business leagues.
At the nave entrance was the narthex, an antechamber or vestibule that acted as a reception area for pilgrims.
Then she suggested to the woman, who denied that she had a ring, that she was the very woman who, when leaving for Conques, entrusted her ring to a chambermaid in order to avoid giving it to St. Faith.
Crypt - In a church, a chamber or vault beneath the main floor, not necessarily underground, and usually containing graves or relics.
Cupola - A Dome especially a small dome on a circular or polygonal base crowning a roof or turret.
Cella: the inner or main chamber of a temple
Chryselephantine: statuary in which the flesh is represented by ivory and the drapery of gold or gilded bronze; the cult statue in the Temple of Saturn is ivory.
crypt - area below the cathedral traditionally reserved for burial chambers.
dripstone - a small, sometimes decorated stone incorporated into door or window jambs to throw rain water clear of the opening.
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crypt: An underground chamber for relics or tombs. Types of crypt: confessio, hall crypt.
cusp: A curved, triangular-shaped projection from the inner curve of an arch or circle.
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Adyton - a Latin term describing the inner chamber or the most holy area of a temple, usually containing an image of the deity worshiped there. The adyton is an inner room reached from the cella.
Crypt. Underground chamber or vault, usually beneath the presbytery of a church and used for burial or sometimes as an oratory.
Cupola. *Dome.
Decumanus. * Cardo.
Crypt : The rooms below the cathedral designated as burial chambers.
Image at right: The Crypt of Canterbury cathedral, England.
Cupola : The turret which serves as the crown to the dome or roof of a structure.
Solar: originally a room above ground level, but commonly applied to the great chamber or a private sitting room off the great hall
Springald: war engine of the catapult type, employing tension ...
The council chamber is within the drum of the rotunda, administration takes place in the tower, and everything else takes place in the rectangular areas of the building. The overall effect is not similar to that of a Classical building at all.
Interior view of bath antechamber
Interior view of billiard room
Interior view #1 of dome hall
Interior view #2 of dome hall
Interior view of dome timbers
Interior view of entry hall
Interior view of game room
Interior view of King's bedroom ...
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