Dormer
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DORMER (from Lat. dormire, to sleep), in architecture, a window rising out of the roof and lighting the room in it: sometimes, however, pierced in a small gable built flush with the wall below, or corbelled out, ...
Dormer
A window in a sloping roof, usually that of a sleeping-apartment, hence the name
A structure projecting from a sloping roof usually housing a vertical window that is placed in a small gable, or containing a ventilating louver ...
Dormers
Dormers are windows that jut out from the roof of a home, and have a roof of their own. The word comes from the Latin dormitorium meaning "sleeping room," because dormers often bring space and light to bedrooms.
Dormer
Window projecting from the slope of a roof.Dormer head
Gable above a dormer (window projecting from the slope of a roof), often formed as a pediment.
Dormer - A vertical window, in a relatively small internal recess, projecting from a sloping roof.
Double Header - Two beams instead of one placed perpendicular to joists in framing for a chimney, stairway or other opening.
Dormers-an opening in a sloping roof, the framing of which projects out to form a vertical wall suitable for windows or other openings.
Shed Dormers- a full-width dormer with a single roof sloping in one direction.
DORMER: a vertical window and window box that projects from a sloping roof, has its own roof, most commonly a pedimental or gable roof. (IMAGE)
DOUBLE HUNG: referring to a window with two vertical sliding sashes, one over the other. (IMAGE) ...
dormer:
a window set vertically in a small gable projecting from a slope in the roof
eaves:
the lower border of a roof that overhangs the wall ...
Dormer Window -- A window that projects from a roof.
Double Hung Window -- A window with two sashes, one sliding vertically over the other.
Eaves -- The edge of a roof that projects beyond the face of a wall.
dormer - vertical window projecting from the slope of a roof
eaves - the portion of the roof that projects beyond the roof
eclectic style - free mixture of details from any historic style, especially in late 19th century in the States ...
Dormer: A dormer is a window housed in a gable or similar structure affixed to the sloping part of a roof, providing natural light and ventilation to the rooms beneath the roof.
Dormer - a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface.
DORMER A window opening at the roof level, topped by a front gable or shed roof.
EAVES The edge of the roof that overhangs the exterior walls, sometimes with exposed rafters.
Dormer A window which projects from a sloping roof.
Double-hung Window A window which operates by means of two sashes that slide vertically past each other.
Downspout A metal or plastic tubing connected to the gutter for runoff.
Dormer window: A space which projects from the roof of a house, usually including one or more windows.
Double-hung window: A window with two vertically moving sashes, each closing a different part of the window.
Dormer
A structure projecting from a sloping roof, usually containing a window.
Double-Hung Window ...
dormer window
A window placed vertically in a sloping roof that has a tiny roof of its own. Most often seen in second-floor bedrooms.
dosseret, or impost block ...
Dormer - Window placed vertically in sloping roof.
Double-splayed - Embrasure whose smallest aperture is in the middle of the wall.
Dormer Window A window projecting from a roof slope.
Double Hung Sash A window in which the opening lights slide vertically within a cased frame, counter balanced by weights supported on sash cords which pass over pulleys in the frame.
Dormer A construction with a window that projects from a sloping roof.
dormer: window with its own roof set vertically in a sloping roof.
dorter: Monastic dormitory.
dosseret: block above a capital, as used in Byzantine and Romanesque architecture to help carry the voussoirs of the above arcade.
dormer window - an upright window lighting the space in a roof. When it is in the same plane as the wall, it is called a wall dormer; when it rises from the slope of the roof, a roof dormer.
dormer : a window which is set vertically on a sloping roof. The dormer has its own roof, which may be flat, arched, or pointed (chien assis)
drawbridge : A movable bridge; originally moved horizontally like a gangway.
dormer - A structure containing a vertical window(or windows)that projects through a pitched roof and has a roof of its own. (p. 22, p. 28, p. 32, p. 36, p. 44, p. 46, p. 48, p. 50, p. 54).
Dormer window
Usually small, these windows are found in roofs lighting attic rooms. They emerge out of the sloping angles of the roof, and usually have their own small gable.
Dormer / cheeks / haffits
- timber wall plate. A dormer window therefore in the proper sense of the word, is a window built off the wallhead, but the term is used to describe any window projecting from the pitch of a roof.
Dormer - The setting for a vertical window in the roof. Called a gable dormer if it has its own gable or shed dormer if a flat roof. Most often found in upstairs bedrooms.
Dormer A projection through the slope of a roof for a vertical window.
Double-hung window ...
Dormer: A space which protrudes from the roof, usually including one or more windows.
Double glazing: Use of two panes of glass in a window to increase energy efficiency and provide other performance benefits.
dormer A vertical structure, usually housing a window, that projects from a sloping roof and is covered by a separate roof structure.
double-hung A type of window with two sash, each sliding on a vertical track.
dormer - an upright window projecting from the sloping roof of a building; also the roofed structure housing such a window
eave - the projecting overhang at the lower edge of a sloping roof ...
DORMERSwindow set in a gable projecting from sloping roof. Frequently admits light into bedroom; the word "dormer" is derived from the French verb meaning "to sleep".
Dormer designs in Toronto are many and varied.
Toronto Ontario
Toronto Dundas Street ...
A dormer window.
[French, from Old French, alteration (influenced by luiserne, light) of Old Provençal lucana, possibly of Germanic origin .]
lucarne [luːˈkûːn] ...
GABLE DORMER
Gable-ended structure with a window that projects from a roof.
GABLE VENT
Louvered opening at or near the peak of a gable.
Mansard roof
Dormer windows project like eyebrows from roof
Rounded cornices at top and base of roof
Brackets beneath the eaves, balconies, and bay windows ...
Dormer - a window built out from a roof slope.
Dormer Cheek - the vertical side of a dormer window.
Downpipe - vertical pipe which brings rainwater to ground level from roof gutters or waste water from hoppers.
a small square shape often repeated in a horizontal line DOME: a vault of even curvature on a circular base which can be segmental, semicircular, pointed, or bulbous DORIC ORDER: the earliest of the Greek orders also adapted by the Romans DORMER ...
Back Bay town house in Romanesque Revival style, including heavy stone (or veneer) facade, round-arched entryway, parapetted dormers, and Victorian-era oriel window (projecting window opening above entryway.
2. Jerseyville, IL. County courthouse.
Victorian homes are most commonly two stories with steep roof pitches, turrets and dormers. Porches are often large with turned posts and decorative railing. Decorative gable trim, corbels, and a variation of exterior finishes.
Dormer or Dormer window - window placed vertically in sloping roof.
Double-splayed - embrasure whose smallest aperture is in the middle of the wall.
Centered dormer in an unfinished attic with a roof line that mirrors main roof
Full width porch with wide stairs and low hipped roof; sometimes the porch wraps around the house ...
'ONTARIO COTTAGE' A modern term used to describe houses in Ontario from about 1830 to about 1870 if they are built with one-and-a-half storeys and have a gable roof featuring a gable over a dormer window; the later often with a round arch; ...
The crowning features of their exteriors are those magnified versions of dormer windows, the lucarnes.
The term lucarne is used in France to mean "dormer window". They take many different forms which distinguishes the form of small roof above the window.
Most buildings in the style are irregular in form, with hip, gable, or clipped gable (jerkinhead) roofs, and projecting bay windows, towers, and dormer windows.
DENTIL
Small square block used in series in classical cornices. Dormer (window) - Window placed vertically in the sloping plane of a roof.
DRESSED STONE
Blocks of stone that have been trimmed and given a smooth face, i.e. ashlar stone.
Lucarne - A small opening in an attic or a spire. Also called A dormer window.
Lunette - A semicircular opening or tympanum. The term can also be applied to any flat, semicircular surface ...
Dentils A decorative row of small blocks like teeth along the cornice or fascia Dormer A window with a small roof and sides projecting from a larger sloping roof Dove-tail A neat joint between two timbers, ...
Curvy "eyebrow" dormers
Turrets, towers, verandas, and oriels
Asymmetrical floor plans ...
 See also: Architecture, Gable, House, Floor, Door
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