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A-frame houses have many of these features:
Triangular shape
Steeply sloping roof that extends to the ground on two sides
Front and rear gables
Deep-set eaves
1½ or 2½ stories
Many large windows on front and rear façades ...
Framed by fluted pilasters
Elliptical fanlight:
Portland Place, London, England
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland
Nathaniel Russell House ...
Frame Of wood construction.
Frieze A band with designs or carvings along a wall or above doorways and windows. G
Gable A triangular area of an exterior wall formed by two sloping roofs.
Frame: An enclosure or combination of parts which surround a window sash or door panel.
French sliding doors: A sliding door which has wider panel members around the glass, thus giving it the appearance of a hinged French door.
Framed construction - A structure built with a strong skeleton frame made of timber or steel, against which a brick outer shell is added.
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a-frame
A roof shape with a very steep pitch forming a gable or "A" shape.
agora ...
X-frame chair
An X-shaped, often folding, structure was used to support this type of chair or stool.
Box frame
Timber-framed construction in which vertical and horizontal members support the roof. Also concrete construction in which the loads are taken on cross-walls; also called cross-wall construction.
Door-frame - Two upright members (lambs) and a head (lintel) over the doorway on which to hangs the door.
Door furniture - Any functional or decorative fitting for a door, including the hinges, handle, lock and fingerplate.
Window Frame - The window unit less sash.
Window Types :
Double Hung - Two sash, vertical sliding ...
Window Frame - A group of wood parts machined and assembled to form an enclosure and support for a window or sash.
[edit] Frame-and-panel experiment (1948-1952)
Lagutenko-Posokhin block, Moscow, 1948-1952. Looks like masonry but is in fact a prefab-concrete frame with concrete panel skin ...
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; ...
Frame The combination of head, jambs and sill to form a precise opening in which a window sash or door panel fits.
French hinged door ...
A framed area of fixed glass, set vertically and flanking a door, usually made up of a number of small panes.
Sill
The horizontal ledge at the bottom of a window frame; slopes away from the building to prevent water from entering.
a frame for supporting a canvas or wooden panel.
Echinus
in the Doric Order, the rounded molding between the necking and the abacus.
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.
SUBFRAME - Outer part of a window fixed directly to the wall.
SUBSIDENCE - Ground movement, generally downward, possibly a result of mining activities or clay shrinkage.
SUBSOIL - Material below top soil on which foundations rest.
Box Frame
- a timber frame in which the roof trusses are carried by posts and wall plates, a direct contrast to cruck construction.
The frame for the gate or a passageway in a fence or exterior garden wall. In medieval times these were imposing structures built over entrances to provide defense and entrance control.
Baba Ganoud - Marrakech (13th c.)
Palace - Istanbul - Turkey ...
Outer frame member: The exterior protruding portion of a window frame which has no exterior casing.
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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 ...
or timber-framed houses of which the Wealden House was notable type.
The Kelmscott Manor, owned by William Morris, is a prime example of England, specifically Oxfordshire, vernacular architecture.
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.
Sash The frame of a window that holds the glass.
Screed Final smooth finish of a solid floor; usually cement or concrete.
tabernacle frame - a style of door surround composed of columns or pilasters surmounted by an entablature.
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 ...
BELLCOTE A frame of stone or wood to hold bells, often located at the church's west end.
BOSS An ornament projecting from the intersection of a vault ‘s ribs.
A-frame Building - A building with beams straight from the ground to the roof ridge, that form the shape of an A. The lower part of the roof slope usually takes the place of the wall.
Armatures: Iron framework used within mason-less Rose Windows to support the glass weight.
Barrel Vault: The simplest form of a vault, resembling a barrel, consisting of a continuous surface of semicircular or pointed sections.
Single-framed: if consisting entirely of transverse members (such as rafters with or without braces, collars, tie-beams, king-posts or queen-posts, etc. [see below] not tied together longitudinally.
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.
GATES
A moveable framework or solid structure especially one that swings on hinges, controlling entrance or exit through an opening in a fence or wall.
GRANITE
A very hard crystalline rock.
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.
Half timber: The common form of medieval construction in which walls were made of a wood frame structure filled with wattle and daub.
It usually covers the joints between the frame and the wall finish, thus hiding any shrinkage gaps, which may occur.
Asbestos - material used in the past for insulation and fire protection.
jamb A vertical post supporting a window frame or doorway. Kaiserdom In German, a imperial cathedral (i.e. associated with a Holy Roman Emperor). keystone A wedge-shaped or tapered stone placed at the top of an arch or vault.
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.
Trussing, timbers forming a frame, is an important structural device used to achieve spans with less weighty materials.
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.
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.
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, ...
Balloon framing: Balloon framing is a system of wood-frame construction, first used in the 19th century, in which the studs are continuous from the foundation sill to the top wall plate.
Simple frame house with Gothic dormer.
16. Savannah, GA. Gothic-style bay window.
17. Savannah, GA. c.1878, rebuilt 1895. First Congregational Church.
18. Savannah, GA. c.1875-1890. Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church.
19, 20. Savannah, GA. c.
Lacking an urban context, the missionaries needed a different institutional framework than in the Roman world. This different framework was monasticism.
From 1900 to 1917, modest brick commercial buildings gradually replaced the initial wood-framed structures in the center of town.
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.
Boards Dressed lengths of timber used for cladding the frame - walls, floor and ceiling. There are many different types. Board-and-batten Wall cladding of shot-edge boards with the joints covered by timber battens.
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.
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.
Casement windows hinge on one side of the window frame so they open like a door. These are widely used in both traditional and contemporary design.
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.
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.
Wooden columns can be cut into half and placed against a wall to mount a picture frame or simulate a structural base. Wood columns can be permanent or mobile, depending on the occasion.
STUDS The upright timbers in a timber-framed building.
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TESTER A cover or canopy suspended over a tomb or a pulpit.
Half-timbered -in late medieval architecture, a type of construction in which the heavy timber framework is exposed, and the spaces between the studs filled with wattle-and-daub, plaster or brickwork.
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