Multi-colored masonry, often forming patterns or bands
Slightly pointed Romanesque arches
Faithful re-creation of medieval styles
Few people could afford to build a masonry home in the Gothic Revival or High Gothic revival style.
MASONRY A type of construction using stone, brick, tile or concrete block using mortar.
MOLDING A decorative raised surface along the edge of an architectural feature such as a window, column, door or wall.
Masonry Opening: The space in a masonry wall left open for the window or door.
Meeting rail (also lock rail): One of the two horizontal members of a double-hung sash which come together. A check rail.
Masonry Brickwork, stonework or block work.
Mastic A generic term used for a flexible sealant. Used around window and door openings to prevent water ingress.
Mezzanine A floor introduced between principle floors.
Ashlar masonry: Ashlar masonry consists of uniform, rectangular blocks of stone with parallel faces, as were commonly used in the construction of classical Greek and Roman buildings.
ashlar masonry (10) -- construction of blocks of squared stone laid in regular courses (Biers, 335) Sample Image (Lesson 21)
askoi (3) -- (sing. askos) a vase in the shape of a sack, skin, or animal (Vermeule, 385) ...
ashlar masonry
Masonry construction using a square stone.
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Coursed masonry: Masonry construction in which the stones are laid in regular courses, not irregularly as in rough or random stonework ...
Masonry bees
- (Osmia rufa) small bees about the size of bluebottles which bore into stonework, claywall etc. Definitely becoming more common particularly in Scotland where they were once very rarely seen.
Masonry craftsmanship is at a high level; surfaces are smooth, joints are fine and even.
Masonry - Stonework or brickwork
Meeting Rails - The name applied to rails of window sash that meet one another when the window is closed.
Millwork - Finished woodwork, cabinetry, carving, etc.
masonry wrought to an even face and square edges.
Baluster
splat of flat cross-section and cut to a shaped outline.
Masonry of large blocks wrought to even faces and square edges. Broached ashlar (Scots): scored with parallel lines made by a narrow-pointed chisel (broach). Droved ashlar (Scots): similar but with lines made by a broad chisel.
Masonry of large blocks cut with even faces and square edges....
Atrium
(Plural: atria): inner court of a Roman or C20 house; in a multi-storey building, a toplit covered court rising through all storeys....
Masonry support consisting usually of a pier or buttress standing apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch.
Foliated
Imitation of flowers, or cusping of an arch.
Masonry openings: The opening in a masonry wall to accept a window or door unit, the same as a rough opening in a frame wall.
Molding: An ornamental exterior trim around the perimeter of a frame.
Masonry (brick) chimneys have also proved particularly susceptible to crumbling during earthquakes.
masonry - work done by masons, including brick, stone, or concrete block
massing - the expression of interior volume as form ...
Masonry cut in large blocks separated by deep joints, used to give a bold, exaggerated look to the lower part of an exterior wall, or to frame a door or window. The surface of the stone is usually very rough.
Sidelights ...
Masonry prepared in such a way that it gives a rough and rugged surface, cut in large blocks; often used at the base of a wall.
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A masonry roof or ceiling constructed on the arch principle.
A barrel or tunnel vault, semicylindrical in cross section, is in effect a deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other, over an oblong space.
Freemasonry is a fraternal organization with its origins in the eighteenth century whose membership is held together by a shared set of moral and metaphysical ideals. Freemasons meet as a Lodge.
When masonry materials are stacked vertically, as in a wall, they are very stable since every part is undergoing even compression.
(a) the masonry forming the base of a temple; (b) a raised platform or pedestal.
Polychrome
consisting of several colors.
header A masonry wall unit of brick which is laid so that its short end is exposed.
hood A projection that shelters an element such as a door or window.
An arched masonry support serving to bear thrust, as from a roof or vault, away from a main structure to an outer pier or buttress. Also called arc-boutant.
flying buttress
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CORBELLING
Masonry course that steps out farther than the one below.
CORNER BOARDS
Mitered or butted vertical trims at the junction of two walls.
unmortared masonry
Dubbing
ceremony in which a monarch or high ranking lord gives another person the title of knight; usually involving tapping each shoulder with a sword ...
Rubble Masonry construction using stones of irregular shape and size.
Rusticated Stone Stonework, sometimes roughly finished, distinguished by having the joints deeply sunk.S
Sash An individual frame around a window.
An exterior masonry projection from a wall to create additional strength and support for roof vaults. In Canadian architecture, these are sometimes used as ornament.
Belleville
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boss In masonry construction, a projecting ornament, often located at the intersection of two components; also, the person in charge.
Pier: A masonry support between openings such as arcades. Typically slender, the pier has a rectangular, polygonal, or round cross-section, but does not taper and often has no capital (fig.6). The pier may also have a base as well as an impost.
Block - Masonry unit, which is larger than a brick and is designed to improve construction speed.
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rib vault: A masonry vault with a relatively thin web and set within a framework of ribs Types of rib vaults: net, fan, quadripartite, sexpartite, crazy Compare with: barrel vault
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sarcophagus: Needs definition Compare with mausoleum, memorial brass ...
The Patterned Masonry showcased texture-rich designs made of various patterns of brick courses or various colors of brick, terra cotta or plaster. There were few wooden embellishments.
Moulding - Masonry decoration; long, narrow, casts strong shadows.
Mullion - Vertical division of windows.
Mural - Wall (adjectival).
Brickwork - masonry set by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar to build up brick structures such as walls.
BASTION: A solid masonry projection.
BATTLEMENTS: The notched top of a defensive wall.
CASTELLAN: The officer in charge of a castle.
Corbel -- In masonry, a projection, or one of a series of projections, each stepped progressively farther forward with height and articulating a cornice or supporting an overhanging member.
An upright masonry support.
Pilaster
A flattened, shallow column or pier projecting from a wall. It usually has a base, shaft, and capital but is decorative rather than structural.
rubblework - Masonry built of rubble or roughly quarried stones (rubble masonry) ...
pier - solid masonry supports with no base or capital; Romanesque and Gothic pillars; the solid support between openings in buildings. ( p. 36, p. 40).
rustication: masonry, or masonry simulated using stucco, in which the blocks are separated by deeply-cut joints. Often used at the base of classical buildings to give an impression of strength.
Stylobate: the masonry at ground level on which a column rests
Templum: a space defined by ritual auguries and auspices; many templa were not considered aedes, e.g., the Rostra and Curia.
Random ashlar - Masonry composed of rectangular stones set without continuous joints.
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Vaults - Arched masonry ceilings where the different parts of the curved stonework leans against each other for support.
Bastion: A small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall; solid masonry projection; structural rather than inhabitable. Batter: A sloping part of a curtain wall.
buttress A mass of masonry or brickwork projecting from or built against a wall to give additional strength. See also flying buttress.
ACROTERIA: statues or ornaments placed at the apex and the ends of pediments ARCH: the spanning of an opening by reasons other than that of a lintel ARCHITRAVE: the lintel extending from one column or pier to another BUTTRESS: a mass of masonry or ...
abutment A solid piece of masonry used to support a projecting part of a structure, for example, the supports that connect a bridge with a river bank. acropolis The citadel in ancient Greek towns.
Identifying features include thick masonry construction, with multiple materials; heavy, round-arched windows, asymmetrical massing, and deeply recessed or "cavernous" porches and door/window openings.
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BUTTRESS (from the 0. Fr. bouteret, that which bears a thrust, from bouter, to push, cf. Eng. "butt" and "abutment"), masonry projecting from a wall, provided to give additional strength to the same, ...
The next step for a people on the highway of progress would be the vaulting, in masonry, of these squares, for the wooden roofs were inflammable; moreover the Carolingian builders had constantly so vaulted their smaller square roof areas.
Bagging The process of applying thin mortar to a masonry wall with a coarse material such as hessian Balcony A cantilevered or bracketed platform projecting from a wall with access from an upper storey Bargeboard A sloping board fixed to ...
Blockwork - Masonry of precast concrete building blocks laid in cement mortar
Bloom - A thin film which forms on the surface of a gloss paint or varnish and hides the colour or reduces the gloss.
On the Mediterranean coast houses are generally stone built, often of ashlar masonry; their general appearance is that of Lebanese houses.
Walls of masonry (usually smooth, light-colored stone)
Massive front entrances, usually with elaborate carvings around the doorway
Exuberance of detail and highly decorated with swags, medallions, cartouches, flowers, and shields ...
It is usually of a masonry construction, and used as a doorway, window, or a portal. Freestanding monumental arches have been built simply for symbolic purposes.
A solid masonry unit of clay or shale, formed into a rectangular prism while plastic and burned or fired in a kiln.
solid brick, standard ~ (F la brique pleine calibree, R caramida plina)
brick wall (F le mur de briques, R zid de caramida) ...
The neophyte would also be required to learn agriculture, carpentry, masonry, weaving, and many other new vocational skills; he or she would be expected to adopt new modes of dress as well as new ideas of marriage, of family relationships, ...
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