landing - the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike"
arrival - the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival" ...
Landing places and passages which were carried round the semicircle and separated the upper and lower tiers in a Greek theatre....
Dikka ...
Landing, a platform forming a kind of halting-place between two flights of stairs. A quarter-space landing forms a space, usually a rectangle, equal in width and length to the breadth of the two flights which it separates.
Holland Landing
This is a beautiful Neo-Classical doorway on a basically Georgian brick building. It was built for the lawyer Henrey Blackstone in 1851.
stoop - the landing and stairs, covered or uncovered, leading to the main entrance of a house
streetscape - the combined visual image from all of the physical elements found on both sides of a street, including the property up to the building front ...
STOOP
Platform or landing of a portico.
STRINGCOURSE
Masonry or wood band along a wall or around a column or chimney.
balcony - For stairs with an open concept upper floor or landing, the upper floor is functionally a balcony. For a straight flight of stairs, the balcony may be long enough to require multiple newels to support the length of railing.
Balustrade - A protective guard rail to prevent people falling, at the edge of a stair, landing or a platform, with closely spaced infill such as balusters from the handrail down to the floor, and/or
A row of balusters joined by a rail.
Platt(Scots): Platform, doorstep or landing.Pleasance(Scots): Close or walled garden.PlinthProjecting courses at the foot of a wall or column, generally cut back (chamfered) or moulded at the top.
Raised Ranch - The front door opens to a landing between the two floors . One short flight of stairs leads up to the top floor; another short flight of stairs leads down.
Windows; Often the principal landing between the entrance floor and the floor above featured a stained-glass window. The richest windows were pictorial, while the more modest ones were geometric.
Platt
- (platform) broad doorstep, landing on stair, cantilevered stone gallery access to tenement flats.
(Illustration) ...
NEWEL POST - a post at the foot of a straight stairway or one at a landing .
RISER - the vertical part of a step between the treads.
TREAD - the upper horizontal part of a step.
Two flights of stairs parallel to each other with a half-landing in between.
Dormer
A structure projecting from a sloping roof, usually containing a window.
Mezzanine A floor between the ground and first floors, often accessed off a half landing.
Mortar Mixture of sand, cement (or lime), and water used to join stones, blocks or bricks, and for pointing and general filling.
Finial - Ornamental timber section added to the highest point of barge boards or hanging from stair newels on landings.
Back to top
Flange - A flat plate at the end of a pipe or beam, through which a bolted joint can be made.
Back to top ...
newel cap and post - the end post of a balustrade, the cap is on the top of the newel; an ornamented post at the top, bottom, or landing of a stairway that supports the handrail. (p. 16, p. 20, p. 22, p. 24, p. 28, p 32 p. 34, ).
NEWEL A vertical support at the center of a circular staircase. Also, a post that supports a handrail at the bottom or at the landing of a staircase.
NICHE A shallow recess in a wall designed to contain a statue or some other ornament.
dogleg staircase - two parallel flights of stairs with a half-landing between them.
Mark Twain in Hartford
New England Beer Festival Guide - Beer Festival and Event Calendar for Summ...
Campground Review - Mark Twain Landing, Monroe City, Missouri
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 by Mark Twain ...
Interior view of passage to servant's wing
Interior view of reading alcove
Interior view of second floor landing
Interior view of stairwell
Interior view of study
Interior view of west bedroom
Viewbridge across drive ...
In modified form (typically, without the semicircular sash) it is also seen in Greek Revival and later styles. A typical location for a Palladian window is above the entry door, where it lights a central upstairs hall or stair landing.
 See also: Floor, Ground, Staircase, Tower, Brick
|
