Foundations: Normally concrete, laid underground as a structural base to a wall: in older buildings may be brick or stone.
Foundations Also called 'footings', normally concrete, laid underground as a structural base to a wall; in older buildings these may be brick or stone.
Most foundations give out grants to other nonprofit organizations, or fellowships and direct grants to participants. However, the name foundations may be used by any not-for-profit corporation -- even volunteer organizations or grass roots groups.
(Archit, = foundations) → Fundament nt
basement [ˈbeɪsmənt] n (of house) → seminterrato; (of shop) → scantinatobasement [ˈbeɪsmənt] n (of house) → seminterrato; (of shop) → ...
Primarily for foundations (for example, City Honors School), but also
exteriors (for example, on Kensington Avenue and on Mill St. in Williamsville) ...
Bay Window - a window formed in a projection of a wall and carried on foundations.
Beam - a structural component spanning an opening and designed to carry the weight of the structure above. Usually concrete or steel in newer construction.
Like the Fatih complex the Suleymaniye is located on a large artificially levelled terrace and has foundations which reach 12 m into the ground.
Hitherto English Gothic has been rather a lovely overlaying of Continental principles by a distinctively racial decoration and a certain fine fastidiousness of design, with minor modifications of plan and system that left the foundations intact, ...
Classical architecture is also known for the elegant foundations and figures. It often uses flowers as ornamentation and animal or human sculptures around the outside of buildings. Some examples include: the Coliseum and the Temple of Apollo.
The development of this designation finds its foundations on a history of European scholarship more than an all-pervasive stylistic or cultural reality.
Foundations are designed to have an adequate load capacity with limited settlement by a geo-technical engineer, and the foundation itself is designed structurally by a structural engineer.
The World Trade Center towers rested on solid bedrock and the foundations extended 21 m below grade
The World Trade Center towers had a height-to-width ratio of 6.8.
Set on masonry or stone foundations
Wide porches
Cross gables
Roughhewn stone on lower levels
Two or three stories tall
Irregular roof lines
Prominent but not ornate chimneys
Curvy "eyebrow" dormers
Turrets, towers, verandas, and oriels ...
Dating as far back as the 9th century, these early structures were often built over ancient Roman foundations. Over the next three centuries, wooden forts evolved into imposing stone walls with narrow windows and high parapets.
Underpinning - The installation of strong foundations underneath primary foundations when the latter have failed or have been found to be inadequate to support the structure above.
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Some things that distinct Classical Architecture from the other periods of Architecture, is the simple yet breath-taking, complex yet elegant foundations and figures. The buildings are so symmetrical right down to the bare details.
Massive cut stone foundations are typical of period houses. Created by English architect Richard Norman Shaw, the style was popularized after the Civil War by architect Henry Hobson Richardson and spread rapidly, especially in the South and West.
Paul's among works devoted to particular ecclesiastical foundations. With these may be mentioned Simon Gunton's History of the Church of Peterborough (1686) and James Bentham's History of Ely Cathedral (1771).
ASHLAR: smooth square stones laid in a horizontal fashion; used for foundations or facing of masonry walls. (IMAGE)
BELLCAST: a curved shape resulting in a lower pitch at the bottom of a roof slope. (IMAGE) ...
Within twenty miles of all of these monasteries are gorgeous old homes with very sturdy foundations.
The original Constantinian church is known only through the foundations archaeologists uncovered in the 1930s. The early fifth Roman basilica of Sta. Sabina provides an excellent extant example of this type of building: ...
While today less likely to be actually moved, homes are frequently found resting on rubble or rough-set cinderblock foundations.
Found among a small neighborhood of residences bordering a public beach access in Holetown.
Dimension Stone - Large blocks of stone used in foundations
Dipteral - temples which have a double range of columns in the peristyle, as in the temple of Diana at Ephesus.
Stucco, smooth-faced stone, concrete foundations, and metal railings are common materials associated with this style. This style had two phases: Zigzag Moderne of the 1920s and Streamline Moderne of the 1930s and 1940s.
Pointed arch machicolation: A machicolation dating from the 14th to the 15th century, which was supported on buttresses which extended down to the foundations.
Our knowledge of Romano-British architecture depends mostly on archaeological reconstructions from foundations and fragments, though some notable fortifications and other military works survive above ground level in recognizable form.
Gabion
- an oblong basket in wire or interlaced metal strips filled with earth stone etc which can be used for reinforcement of anything from river banks to foundations.
Pile - A large stake or cylinder driven into the earth to support foundations
Pile Dwelling - A house built on piles..
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) - originally passed in 1966 by Congress, the act created the National Register of Historic Places, National Historic Landmarks, and State Historic Preservation Officers. The act is one of the foundations ...
Hoggin is frequently used on top of good quality sand and gravel, and it is often required to meet the Type 2 GSB specification with no further treatment. The clay constituent can be high for certain purposes. It is most often used in foundations ...
funds or upon the completion of a pilgrimage. The basic principles behind the doctrine of Purgatory go back at least to early Christian times, but they were more clearly formulated in the Middle Ages, leading to a rise in chantry foundations.
 See also: Foundation, House, Architecture, Brick, Tower
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