Louver
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LOUVER, Louvre or Luffer, in architecture, the lantern built upon the roof of the hall in ancient times to allow the smoke to escape when the fire was made on the pavement in the middle of the hall.
Louvers - Slatted openings for ventilation in which the slats are so placed as to exclude rain, light, or vision.
louver - An opening, often of wood slates, used or ventilation
lunnette - A semi-circular window in the recessed part (tympanum) of a gable ...
louver vent
An opening fitted with a series of sloping slats arranged to admit light and air but shed rain.
louvered ...
Louver
One of a series of overlapping slats, for example in a window shutter, designed to allow ventilation while keeping out rain.
Mansard Roof ...
louvered - a window shutter or door fitted with slanting fixed or movable slats to admit air, but exclude rain, snow, or to provide privacy. (p. 22, p. 48).
Louvered Doors:
Doors that are made up of horizontal wooden slats.
Lowboy: ...
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Then Clara, the coloured maid, would escort you up the carpeted ladder that served for the fourth flight, and show you the Skylight Room.
GABLE VENT
Louvered opening at or near the peak of a gable.
GABLET
Roof of a small gable dormer.
In general use, any louvers in a bell tower are commonly called abat-sons, whether they are designed to redirect sound or merely to prevent ingress of water.
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Jalousie window
Louver blades open to maximize airflow through opening.
Jamb
The main vertical members forming the sides of a window or door frame.
Typically it takes the form of large louvers which direct the sound of church bells from a bell tower toward the ground. abacus Rectangular strip running along the top of a capital, sometimes decoratively carved.
Jalousie Window- A window with glass louvers that overlap one another. Operated with a crank or turn-screw, the glass louvers tilt to open, permitting air flow. The design is similar to a Venetian blind or shutter. Also called a louvered window.
Panel - Material (wood, latilla, louvers, etc.) inserted into the frame formed by stiles, rails, and mulls of a door.
Panel Breakup - The configuration or layout of panels contained in a door or sidelite.
louvered shutters
straight window heads
splayed lintels
Palladian window (not present or were rarely found in their colonial prototypes)
rectangular sash windows with multiple panes in both the upper and lower sashes ...
Shutters-a hinged cover or screen for a window, usually fitted with louvers.
Double Hung-a window having top and bottom sashes, each capable of movement up and down.
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A hinged, usually paired, cover for a window or door. Shutters are often louvered and generally wooden.
Hamilton
Sault Ste. Marie ...
The Germany Team also won first place in the 2007 Solar Decathlon for designing an ultra efficient louver-sided house.
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Gallery Index: Solar-Powered Houses ...
Two story rectilinear volume
Low pitched gable roofs covered with shingles or tiles
Projecting cantilevered second floor balconies with wood railings
Colonial double-hung windows; louvered shutters
Plaster walls
Picket fences around gardens ...
Exteriors were most commonly painted white or gray to imitate the marble of the Greek temples, although some exteriors were unpainted brick or stone. The white clapboard house with dark green louvered blinds (shutters) became most popular during this ...
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