Exterior Wall - An outside wall.
Eyebrow Window - A small, horizontally rectangular window, often located on the uppermost story, aligned with windows below ...
Exterior Wall at the Norwegian Glacier Museum by Architect Sverre Fehn
Critics of the Norwegian Glacier Museum say that it resembles an air-raid shelter or a military bunker.
siding - the exterior wall covering of a structure
German - common 19th century wood siding pattern, with a combination of concave curve and flat profile
novelty - general term for 19th century wood siding with a decorative profile ...
St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy Exterior walls
Roman Baths of Caracalla, Italy Floor
Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Hydra, Greece ...
stucco - An exterior wall covering consisting of a mixture of cement, sand, lime, and water or of cement, sand, and hair.
CURTAIN WALL: An exterior wall or a section of that wall between two gates or towers. Some castle had two sets of curtain walls.
DONJON: A great tower in a castle; a keep.
Siding -- The exterior wall covering or sheathing of a structure.
Spalling -- Flaking of the outer face of masonry, often caused by expanding moisture in freezing conditions.
Terra Cotta -- Cast and fired clay units, used as ornamentation.
Counterscarp
- the exterior wall of a ditch, ie the side nearest the attackers.
See fortification ...
A space provided in exterior wall construction to prevent passage of moisture and allow the wall to dry out.
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WALLS Historic exterior wall construction can be of log, stone, brick, frame or stucco over such. In the more modern era, wall material could be of formed concrete, glass, or metal.
flushwork A decorative technique for exterior walls, in which designs are picked out in white stone against a background of flint cobbles.
An awning is a secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building. It is typically composed of canvas or acrylic cloth that is stretched tightly over a light structure of aluminum, iron or steel or possibly wood.
This design is easily identified by its eight-sided exterior walls. Other features include low-pitched hipped roof, wide eave overhangs, eave brackets, and raised basements. Most are two-story structures (some three-story).
Bay window: A window placed in a projection of an exterior wall of a building is called a bay window when the wall projection extends all the way down to a corresponding projection of the foundation.
Stucco - A coating for exterior walls made from Portland cement, lime, sand, and water.
Surround - The ornamental frame of a door or window.
Swag - A carved ornament in the form of a draped cloth or a festoon of fruit or flowers.
stucco : A mixture of cement, sand, lime and water spread over metal screening or chicken wire or wooden lath on wooden walls to form the exterior covering of and exterior wall. Traditional stucco is a cement mixture used for siding.
bay window - a protruding space from the exterior wall. A bow window is a rounded bay.
belcast eaves - a curve in the slope of a roof ( ie. gambrel dormer of the Express Building)
brackets - supporting members found under eaves ...
2 or more stories
exterior wall of reddish bricks, cutstone, and/or stucco
central turret with entrance and staircase
massive chimneys
steep, complicated roofs
sometimes, even with half-timber decorations ...
Buttress/Abutment System: A projecting or free-standing support built into or against the exterior wall of a cathedral, which steadies the structure by opposing the lateral thrusts from the vaults.
by ties Chair-rail (often called Dado-rail) A horizontal moulding at chairback height to protect the wall Chamfer A surface made by shaving the right-angled edge of timber or other material at 45 degrees Chamferboards Exterior wall ...
A low protective wall higher than the exterior wall of a building.
Palladian Window
A window with a central arched section flanked by two tall, narrow rectangular sections.
Exterior walls, especially those facing the street, embellished with ornament
Intricate ornament placed at door surrounds and other easily viewed locations
Ornamentation based on images from nature, rejecting classical references ...
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (tr) Architect to finish (an exterior wall) with large blocks of masonry that are separated by deep joints and decorated with a bold, usually textured, design ...
Meanwhile, interior and exterior walls merely act as design and layout elements, and often feature dramatic, but nonsupporting projecting beams and columns.
1) Chimney: A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace.
2) Facade: Face or front elevation of a building.
3) Stucco: Any of various plasters used for covering walls, especially an exterior wall covering in which cement is ...
belt course - a narrow horizontal band projecting from the exterior walls of a building, usually defining the location of interior floor levels.
STUCCO - A sturdy type of plaster, used on exterior walls, often spread in a decorative pattern.
This substance, stucco, is defined as a durable finish for exterior walls composed of sand, cement and lime, and applied when wet. Stucco covered all of the joinings.
PARGETING Plasterwork, incised or modelled with ornamental patterns, on a building's exterior walls.
Quoin
In architecture, large, sometimes rusticated, and usually slightly projecting stone blocks that form the corners of the exterior walls of masonry buildings to provide structural strength.
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The windows are framed with plain, clean, white boards that create a "moderne" pattern. The exterior walls are made of orange brick, and the other trim and finish is yellow, creating a bright, cheery look.
Z-plan tower house: A tower house consisting of a rectangular block with towers protruding at the two diagonally opposite corners, a number of gun ports covered every part of the buildings exterior walls, ...
In earlier buildings glazed tiles and bricks were set into the exterior walls of buildings to enliven the uniform earth colours of the brick and dark blue; however, ...
circular in plan and usually domed ROUNDEL: a circular ornament, often decorated with sculptural reliefs or glazed terra-cotta RUSTICATION: masonry cut in massive blocks, sometimes in a crude state to give a rich and bold texture to an exterior wall ...
But the Romans ultimately trivialized them by applying them indiscriminately, usually in the form of engaged columns, or pilasters, with accompanying cornices, to both interior and exterior walls as a form of ornamentation.
 See also: Architecture, House, Brick, Floor, Frame
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