A deck is also the surface used to construct a boardwalk over sand on barrier islands.
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Hit the deck with these handy how-to building guides. Packed with photos, drawings, and construction plans, they'll help you design an outdoor deck that extends your living space into your garden and also harmonizes with the architecture of your home.
deck - a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
front porch - a porch for the front door
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" ...
The New American house plan is all about uninterrupted flow: from kitchen to dining area to family room; from family room to deck; from master bedroom suite with walk-in closets to luxurious master baths with double sinks, separate shower and tub.
Like the public building above, this house really looks like an ocean liner, from the port hole window to the "upper deck". Horizontal lines of the building are emphasized by the banding.
Hipped roof with balustraded deck
Illustration: 165 Chapin Pkwy
Civic and ecclesiastical buildings: Hipped roof with cupola ...
Awning - A metal, glass, or cloth protective roof over a window, deck ,or door to offer shade or relief from rain.
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Refuge
- in bridges, a recess for pedestrians projecting from the carriageway or deck, usually placed over the cutwaters.
Purlin - a horizontal structural member in a roof that supports the loads generated from the roof deck
Pycnostyle - term given by Vitruvius to the intercolumniation between the columns of a temple, when this was equal to 11/2 diameters.
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Sole Plate The bottom horizontal member in a frame wall. Usually either single or double 2' x 4's. It is nailed to the deck or rough floor and the studs are nailed into it.
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.
Windows are of equal size and placement. Most Octagons have a verandah or porch encircling the house. About half have an octagonal cupola, belvedere, or roof deck. Cupolas were built to provide all rooms with light and ventilation.
 See also: Architecture, House, Arches, Floor, Brick
  
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