Frame

Frame - Of wood construction. Framing Plan - A top view plan of the roof of floor level showing the layout of rafters, ridge, joist headers, trimmers, etc.

Frame: An open structure or rim for encasing, holding or bordering French: A casement window extending down to the floor; also called a French door ...

A-Frame - A roof shape with a very steep pitch forming a gable or "A" shape.

A-frame Building A building with beams straight from the ground to the roof ridge. The lower part of the roof slope usually takes the place of the wall. African-Mahogany ...

X-frame chair An X-shaped, often folding, structure was used to support this type of chair or stool.

subframe A secondary frame set within a masonry opening. sugaring A term describing the deterioration of stone caused by the breaking up or dissolving of the stone surface. surround The ornamental frame of a door or window.

Box Frame - a timber frame in which the roof trusses are carried by posts and wall plates, a direct contrast to cruck construction.

7.1 Frame-and-panel experiment (1948-1952) 7.2 January, 1951: Moscow Conference 7.3 Peschanaya Square (1951-1955) 8 The end of Stalinist Architecture (November 1955) 9 Legacy and Revival 10 See also 11 Footnotes ...

Wood frame buildings could also be in the Gothic mode, and they were considered to be in the derivative Carpenter Gothic style .

Wood frame: construction methods using dimensioned lumber nailed together to form a supporting framework and covered with a variety of surfacing materials. Jump to: A-F G-L M-R S-Z ...

Double-framed Floor - A double-framed floor is a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. ©2007 The Probert Encyclopaedia. Data used under license.

Grid A framework or pattern of horizontal and vertical parallel lines that usually cross at right angles to each other. When applied to street layouts this is called a grid-plan.

Balloon Frame: A system of framing a building in which wood studs extend in one piece from the top of the foundation sill-plate to the top roof plate; floor joists are nailed to the studs and are supported by horizontal boards.

balloon frame - introduced in the 1830s, a system of framing a building in which wood studs extend in one piece from the top of the foundation sill-plate to the top roof plate; ...

SASHthe frame that holds the glass in a window SHUTTERsolid or slatted window cover located on building interior or exterior SIDELIGHT a window beside the door, forming part of the door unit ...

Although A-frames are commonly used for vacation homes, their simple construction made them ideal for novice builders of the 1960s. The open interior spaces also appeal to the people who wanted to create communal lifestyles.

form of timber-framed construction where the roof is supported by curved timbers rising from the walls and not by aisle posts set on the floor Basinet close fitting medieval soldier's helmet, with a visor ...

Parol: A wooden frame with sharp stakes projection horizontally from it, which was used to deter besiegers from scaling the parapets. Pas de sours: Steps leading into the ditch of a permanent fortification.

Armatures : Iron framework used within mason-less Rose Windows to support the glass weight. Ball flower : An ornamented ball sculpture surmounted in the petals of a flower.

A rib vault is a framework of diagonal arched ribs carrying the cells which cover in the spaces between them. Ridge-rib. The rib along the longitudinal or transverse ridge of a vault, at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the main diagonal ribs.

Truss - A timber frame used to support the roof over the great hall. Tufa - Cellular rock; porous limestone. Turning bridge - A drawbridge that pivots in the middle.

Rough opening The framed opening in a wall into which a window or door unit is to be installed. R-Value Resistance to thermal transfer or heat flow. Higher R-value numbers indicate greater insulating value. Sash ...

Local Development Framework - The range of local development documents which will provide the framework for delivering the planning strategy for an area under the new planning system. M ...

Sash -- The movable framework containing the glass in a window. Sill -- The bottom crosspiece on a window frame. Siding -- The exterior wall covering or sheathing of a structure.

sash - the moveable framework holding the glass in a window or door sill - the horizontal water-shedding element at the bottom of a window or door frame siding - the exterior wall covering of a structure ...

in a roof of double-framed construction, the main as opposed to the common rafters. Pulvinated Frieze in Classical and Renaissance architecture, a frieze having a convex or bulging section.

A number of timbers framed together to bridge a space or form a bracket, to be self-supporting, and to carry other timbers.

Half timber: The common form of medieval construction in which walls were made of a wood frame structure filled with wattle and daub.

As they developed over the centuries, they frequently continued down the sides of the frame to form a surround to the window. laminate A thin protective covering, bonded to a material.

espalier a series of fruit trees trained on a framework of lines and stakes to form a hedge. exedra an open or colonnaded recess, intended for conversation, often semi-circular, and furnished with seats or a long bench.

Scaffolding - the temporary wooden frame work built next to a wall to support both workers and materials. Scale - carving resembling overlapping fish scales. Scallop - carved in a series of semi-circles. Scappled - cut to a smooth face.

This did for the glass picture what a gilt frame does for a painting in oil. Very often framework of any kind was dispensed with.

Hausa buildings are distinguished by their extensive use of wood and may be regarded as timber-frame buildings as opposed to the more pure mud-brick architecture in the west.

To be properly understood, the art of India must be placed in the ideological, aesthetic, and religious framework of Indian civilization. This framework was formed as early as the 1st century bc and has shown a remarkable continuity through the ages.

The adoption of the French scheme of a structural framework, the walls being no longer of masonry, but of glass set in a thin scaffolding of stone mullions, was at last adopted, ...

Usually built as a two story wood frame box-like house, linear floor plan, one room deep. The roof is steeply pitched, no overhang, and the exterior covered with narrow clapboard siding or shingles.

The simple frame molds were without tops or bottoms and helped to make the adobe bricks a uniform size and shape. After smoothing off the frame, it was placed on a smooth, sandy surface.

sill: lowest horizontal member of a window frame or partition. shutter: movable device for closing the crenel or other opening. skene: knife dagger or small sword. slighting: the process of rendering a castle useless to prevent its future use.

In Louis IX's Psalter (composed after 1255), the gables with rose windows that frame the miniatures were patterned after the ornamental gables surmounting the exterior of the Sainte-Chapelle.

To build the flying buttress, it was first necessary to construct temporary wooden frames which are called centering. The centering would support the weight of the stones and help maintain the shape of the arch until the mortar was dry.

The stylistic focus is on the main entry--a panelled door often framed by half or three-quarter length sidelights and thin pilasters or columns.

A tablet with an ornate scroll frame. Usually of elliptical shape and bearing a coat of arms or inscription, often found above monuments. Many have an indication of a nose and eyes in the top or bottom of the scrollwork.

IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Modern structural principles and materials; Concrete, glass, steel the most common; occasionally reveals skeleton-frame construction, exposing its structure; rejected non-essential decoration; ribbon windows, ...

A structural element used to frame a roof. schematic or preliminary design plans Diagrammatic drawings done early in the design process of an architectural project in preparation for construction, usually drawn to scale and showing the entire project.

half timbering: A method of construction in which the wooden frame and principal beams of a building are exposed, and the spaces between them are covered with plaster or masonry. Usually used in domestic architecture. Click here for pronounciation.

lintels: the horizontal beam that forms the upper member of window or door frame and supports part of the structure above it mansard: a roof having two slopes on all four sides with the lower slope almost vertical, and the upper almost horizontal ...

Double Hung Sash Window 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.

Trimmer - A beam or joist into which a header is framed in framing for a chimney, stairway, or other opening. U Underwriting - Executing and delivering a policy of insurance on specified property.

Structuralist architecture will have a great deal of complexity within a highly structured framework.

half-timbered (9) -- constructed of wooden framework with spaces filled by stone, rubble, or mudbrick (Biers, 336) hammer-dressed (6) hegemony (18) -- preeminence of one group over others ...

Tabernacle A canopied frame like a miniature building, used around an image or over a statue. Tierceron A type of ornamental vaulting rib.

The space between the head of an arch and the frame in which it is set; also, the space left between two adjoining arches, typically triangular. Squint See hagioscope.

In a ribbed vault, there is a framework of ribs or arches under the intersections of the vaulting sections.

sash In a window the wood or metal frame that holds the glass. segmental arch An arch whose profile comprises an arc smaller than a semicircle.

An opening or shrine, often containing a statue, framed by a pair of pilasters or columns placed against a wall. AISLE ...

Triforium - a galleried arcade at the second floor level, even with the aisle roof. Also called a "blind-storey" - the triforium looks like a row of window frames without window openings.

by the ringing of the bells: times for prayers, for work or instruction, for meals, and for bed-time. They were also rung to welcome visitors. If the bells were not in a campanario, they were in a tower or perhaps simply hung from a wooden frame at ...

space formed in the middle of a gable, and had round or oval windows on the front of the house. Glass doors were often used in the homes to provide separation between rooms and to provide entrance way into porches and shudders were used to frame the ...

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