Drafted - (c/f ruled) - circular stonework with separate flat tooled margins.
Draftsman Charles Dubois designed this chalet-like "Swiss Miss" home for the Alexander Construction Company. The home is one of 15 Swiss Miss homes in the Vista Las Palmas neighborhood of Palm Springs, California.
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Margin draft
- a border on the face of an ashlar block, usually the width of a chisel. The general assumption is that the border was left untooled to prevent the arris being chipped when the surface of the stone was tooled (see broached).
Chechulin's draft for the never-built Zaryadye skyscraper
Echo of the Sisters: Fountain and central pavillion, All-Russian Exhibition (1954)
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A set of laws drafted by the governing body of a borough, town or city to control building construction "to promote the public health, safety and general welfare" of the people in that locality.
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Mantegna's rather severe style, with its sinewy draftsmanship, rich modeling, and bold use of perspective, influenced the art of his brother-in-law, Giovanni Bellini, who worked almost exclusively in Venice.
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Apprenticed to a joiner (an artisan or draftsman skilled in joining woods together by means of joints, glue, nails, etc.) and sent to Italy to study, he was imbued with the spirit of Classical architecture as exemplified by Andrea Palladio.
An entrance door for excluding drafts from an interior of a building. A revolving door typically consists of three or four doors that hang on a cente...
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Unfortunately, these houses were almost always drafty and did not protect their residence from the harsh elements.
Chimney pot - a decorative unit used to extend the length of the chimney and to improve the chimney's draft. A chimney with more than one pot on it usually indicates that there is more than one fireplace on different floors sharing the chimney.
pentimento An underlying image in a painting, as an earlier painting, or original draft, that shows through, usually when the top layer of paint has become transparent with age.
A cylindrical pipe or brick made of terra cotta or metal; placed atop a chimney to extend it and thereby increase the draft.
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This building, used as kitchen and dining lodge, is made of planks. A vertical plank along the seam of the wall would have discouraged drafts.
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chimney pot - a pipe placed on top of a chimney, usually of earthenware, that functions as a continuation of the flue and improves draft.
Advantages include: allows warmer air near the ceiling to escape, brings in fresh replacement air at the sides, helps to minimize drafts at sill levels, and provides easy cleaning access to interior and exterior surfaces.
Chair with side pieces shaped like wings, which jut from each side of the top of the armchair back. Originally used to block drafts.
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The plaster and masonry filling between the timbers could not keep out cold drafts. Builders began to cover exterior walls with wood or masonry. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it became fashionable to imitate Medieval building techniques.
Backdraught / Backdraft - The inrush of air (e.g. when a door is opened) into a closed, airtight room containing an oxygen starved, smoldering fire, as the hot gases inside are cooled and contract, drawing smoke back towards the fire.
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