Cupola
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CUPOLA (Ital., from Lat. copula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub), a term, in architecture, for a spherical or spheroidal covering to a building, or to any part of it.
Cupola
A domed or curved roof rising from a building as a decorative element. or a concave ceiling covering a circular or polygonal area. A cupola can be mistaken for a dome. On the image of St.
Cupola of St Peter's Basilica, Rome
In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped or quadrilateral-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and provide ventilation.
One type of cupola is a belvedere
Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Classical Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire
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Cupola (KYOO pa-la)
A dome, especially a small dome on a circular or polygonal base crowning a roof or turret.
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Gable / Pitched
A pitched roof having a gable at each end ...
cupola:
a small structure built on top of a roof
dentils:
a series of small rectangular blocks forming a molding or projecting beneath a cornice ...
CUPOLA A cupola is a decorative, small, projecting tower at the top of the roof of a building, often square, round or ocatagonal in shape.
DORMER A window opening at the roof level, topped by a front gable or shed roof.
CUPOLA: a small structure situated on top of a roof, often domed with solid walls or four arches and covering a circular or polygonal area. (IMAGE) ...
Cupola
Illustrated definition of the word Cupola from our Architecture Glossary.
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Cupola A small, dome-like structure, on top of the house.
Cutstone Large stones cut individually, used for a foundation or wall of a house.D
Dado The zone between a chair rail or lower part of a sill and the baseboard.
Cupola: A cupola is a short windowed tower, or dome, typically located in the center of a flat or low-slope roof. Many Italianate houses have cupolas.
Cupola
A small structure projecting above a roof that provides ventilation or is used as a lookout. A defining feature of Italianate-style homes.
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Cupola - Hemispherical armored roof.
Curtain Wall - A connecting wall hung between two towers surrounding the bailey.
Cushion - Capital cut from a block by rounding off the lower corners.
CUPOLA A small domed lantern or turret on a roof.
CUSP The point formed by the intersection of two foils in Gothic tracery.
DADO See wainscot.
Cupola A dome or lantern shaped feature built on top of a roof.
Dado The bottom one metre or so of wall clad with timber, originally designed to provide protection to the wall, ...
cupola A feature at the top of a roof, usually dome-shaped and opened by windows or columns.
dado Paneling, usually wood, that is applied to the lower portion of a wall, above a baseboard.
Cupola - A Dome especially a small dome on a circular or polygonal base crowning a roof or turret.
Curtain wall - In medieval architecture, the outer wall of a castle, surrounding it and usually punctured by towers or bastion.
cupola: (1) a small dome-shaped roof or lantern; (2) an ornate turret in a roof that provides light or contains a bell.
curvilinear: style of tracery using ogees in which the patterns assume free curving shapes resembling leaves, flames etc.
Cupola - A small, dome-like structure, on top of a building to provide ventilation and decoration.
Cut stone - Large stones cut individually, used for a foundation or wall of a house.
CUPOLA
Small polygonal or circular domed turret crowning a roof.
CURATIN WALL
A connecting wall between the towers of a castle. Also a non-load-bearing external wall applied to a C20 framed structure.
CUPOLA A dome, usually small, topping a roof or turret.
There is a copper one on top of the central building of the Houses of Rest for Miners, Hucknall.
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Cupola. *Dome.
Decumanus. * Cardo.
Dentils. A series of small rectangular blocks, similar to a row of teeth, decorating Corinthian, Ionic and Composite cornices.
cupola : A cupola is a dome-shaped ornamental structure placed on the top of a larger roof or dome. In some cases, the entire main roof of a tower or spire can be a cupola.
Cupola
a small, domed structure crowning a roof or dome, usually added to provide interior lighting.
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Cupola
A cupola is a dome, especially a small one. It is sometimes surmounted by a lantern. Also see: dome.
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Pendants
The first thing that all Italianate houses and buildings have is the emphasis on vertical proportions. Most Italianate houses are between two to four stories in height. Rarely is there a one story.
Cupola : The turret which serves as the crown to the dome or roof of a structure.
Garth : The garden or court within a cloister, usually attached to or near a cathedral.
cupola A small dome on a base crowning a roof.
dentil A small, square, toothlike block in a series beneath a cornice.
cupola - small tower raised above the roof, also called a belvedere
dentils - small, oblong blocks spaced in a band to decorate a cornice ...
CUPOLAsmall domed windowed structure on top of a roof or dome, sometimes lantern-shaped
DENTILStooth-like projections in a cornice ...
Cupola
Is a small, most-often dome-like structure, on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.
A square-shaped cupola or tower may cap these two, three, or four-story homes.
Townhouses were built with a flat or low-pitched roof, wide projecting cornices, and decorative brackets.
Some places to find Italianate style homes: ...
The inside of the cupola was covered with golden mosaics illustrating the fourth chapter of the Apocalypse.
Identifying features include the low-pitched roof, widely overhanging eaves with decorative brackets, and square cupola on the top.
2. Scantic, CT. c.1849. Square-shaped massing with low-pitched roof, overhanging eaves, and brackets.
Roof-top cupolas
Rectangular transom lights and sidelights
Pilasters to sides of doors (may have pediment)
Pediment (doors, triangular only)
Classical one story or two story columns
Full-height entry (commonly with pediment) ...
or corbeille, corbel or truss, corbie gable, corbie-step, corbel step, or crow step, cordon, string course, belt course, or table, cornice, corona, cove or coving, crenel or crenelle, cresting, crocket or crochet, crossing, crown, cullis, cupola, ...
By comparison, cast iron, only produced commercially after the introduction of cupola blast furnaces in 1794, was smelted at much higher temperatures in the liquid state, and so became saturated with carbon from the furnace fuel, up to about 5%.
In the most typical examples the dome or cupola rests on four pendentives.
above a spire, gable or cupola.FlamboyantThe latest phase of French Gothic architecture, with flowing tracery.Flared headerA brick laid with its short end exposed and burnt to a darker shade, usually producing a patterned effect.
The standard form comprises aisles running perpendicular to the qibla wall with a raised aisle in the centre leading to a domed cupola in front of the mihrab.
Churches and courthouses have ornamented belfries or cupolas. Panelled doors often are flanked by full or three-quarter length sidelights and robust columns or pilasters, and topped by a transom or entablature.
It was built in 1911 and designed by J. M. McMichael. Mr. McMichael did not like steeples, so the church has instead two cupolas [the short towers you see] on the top, one on the left and one on the right.
 See also: Architecture, Tower, Classical, House, Floor
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