member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; ...
A member of the Victorian family, the Stick house boasts a lot of detailing. However, few Stick homes incorporate all the possible features.
A member of our Discussion Forum writes that "Prague Castle (Pratske Hrad) is truly a frightening and imposing profile against the 'medieval' Czechoslovakian night." ...
A member of one party who votes for legislation supported by the other party and generally opposed by his own party is described as "crossing the aisle", i.e., "Five Democrats crossed the aisle and voted with the Republicans." ...
A member often triangular in form, that projects from a wall or other vertical surface and supports another component, such as an eave
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A timber towere, or projecting wooden gallery.
Vertical member projecting from a wall to stabilize it or to resist the lateral thrust of an arch, roof or vault. Angle buttress: set at 90 degrees at the angle of a building. Clasping buttress: one which encases the angle.
any male member of the nobility or knighthood, often holder of a castle or manor
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- a member of the chapter, the body who presides over a cathedral, or other important religious house. See Church Design.
A sloping member holding the ends of the treads and risers of a staircase. A closed string has a continuous upper edge and covers the ends of the treads and risers. An open string is cut into the shape of the treads and risers.
Subsidiary member of a structural frame or roof. Bracing is often arranged in decorative patterns in timber-framed buildings.
Einhard, a member of Charlemagne's court, wrote a famous biography of Charlemagne which was clearly based on the model of Roman Imperial biographies, especially that of Augustus, written by Suetonius. Review the excerpts of Einhard's biography.
A vertical member separating (and often supporting) window, doors, or panels set in series
In Gothic windows, the vertical tracery bars are mullions
Found in all western styles of architecture ...
A vertical member used to support a stair railing or a railing in a continuous banister.
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the lowest member of an entablature; often adapted as a moulded enrichment returned round the jambs and head of a doorway or window opening.
Ashlar
masonry wrought to an even face and square edges.
A vertical member that divides a window or that separates one window from another.
A vertical member, circular in section, and normally with a gentle taper that supports a load. In classical architecture, it is composed of a base, shaft and capital.
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Members of the Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.), an order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in the 13th century.
Outer frame member: The exterior protruding portion of a window frame which has no exterior casing.
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A structural member that caries a load. Beams are usually placed horizontally and care a vertical load where the weight is transferred to walls, girders or columns.
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a projecting member in a block of stone or other building material that fits into a groove or hole to form a joint.
Tensile strength
the internal strength of a material that enables it to support itself without rupturing.
3.1 Forces in members
3.2 Design of members
3.3 Design of joints
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Impost - A member in the wall, usually formed of a projecting bracket-like moulding, on which the end of an arch appears to rest.
Strings are the members that carry the treads and risers which in wood stairs are housed into them or else fitted into notches cut in the strings to receive them.
MEETING RAIL
Top member of lower sash and bottom member of upper sash in double-hung window.
MODILLION
Horizontal, often scroll-shaped bracket placed under eaves and other overhangs.
rafter - framing member supporting the roof
repointing - removal of old mortar from joints of masonry construction and filling in with new mortar
return - the part of a pattern that continues around a corner ...
Stile The vertical members of a window sash or door panel.
Stool An interior trim piece on a window which extends the sill & acts as a narrow shelf.
Stop A molding used to hold, position or separate window parts ...
Jamb - The vertical members of a window or door frame.
Jenkins-head Roof - A gabled roof with its apex truncated by a small hipped roof.
capital The topmost member, usually decorated, of a column or pilaster.
casement A window sash that is hinged on the side.
Stile: Vertical member of a window sash or door panel.
Stile Lug or Horn: One of two extensions of the sash stiles to support the upper sash of a double-hung window.
tie - a tension member of a truss, or other structure; often used for structural retrofit; types include diagonal tie, land tie, tie chain, tie beam, tie rod. (from Dictionary of Building Preservation) ...
Arch: A curved structural member spanning an opening or recess. The wedge shaped elements that make up an arch keep one another in palce and transform the vertical pressure of the structure above into lateral pressure; Can be round-headed, pointed, ...
Collar - horizontal timber member designed to restrain opposing roof slopes. Absence, removal or weakening can lead to roof spread.
Combed wheat Reed - the most common method of thatching in our area.
a mass of masonry or brickwork projecting from or built against a wall to give more strength CAPITAL: the head or crowning feature of a column COLONNADE: a row of columns carrying an entablature or arches COLUMN: a free-standing, upright member of a ...
Post-and-lintel construction can be executed in various materials, but gravity subjects the horizontal members to bending stress, in which parts of the member are under compression while others are under tensile stress.
Bonding - The use of high strength adhesive usually thermosetting resins, elstomers or thermoplastics to make permanent structural joints, composite metal members, prefabricated building panels etc.
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7. Charlotte, NC.
8. St. George, UT. New bank building downtown, with Greek Revival ornament.
9. Flagstaff, AZ. New county administration building.
10. Indianapolis, IN. College Life Insurance Company of America building, c.1972.
Bow A curved shape such as a bay window Brace or Bracing A structural member fix at an angle to horizontal or vertical members, e.g. cross-bracing on timber walls.
admired, and included in its exhibitions, works by the Italian Giorgio de Chirico, the Russian Marc Chagall, the Swiss Paul Klee, the French artists Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, and the Spaniard Pablo Picasso, none of whom was ever a member of ...
Timur was born a member of the Barlas tribe and claimed descent from the Mongol Khan Chatagay. By 1370 Timur had gained control of Samarkand and Balkh after which he spent ten years consolidating his control of Central Asia.
A curved structural member that spans an opening or recess and supports the weight of the structure above it. It is usually of a masonry construction, and used as a doorway, window, or a portal.
Is a vertical member in the light frame construction techniques in Balloon framing and platform framing of a building's wall .
Post-and-beam: Post-and-beam framing is a traditional system of wood-frame construction, in common use into the 19th century, in which the skeleton of the house is formed from heavy posts (vertical members) and beams (horizontal members).
For example, a large estate might have a chapel in which worship services are held for family members, staff, and guests. If a church builds a new and larger sanctuary, but keeps the old one, the old one is often called a chapel.
Plate - A horizontal structural member placed on a wall or supported on posts, studs, or corbels to carry the trusses of a roof or to carry the rafters directly; a shoe or base member, as of a partition or other frame; ...
Column -- A vertical support, usually supporting a member above.
Corbel -- In masonry, a projection, or one of a series of projections, ...
rail - Horizontal members of a door or window
raking molding - Molding that follows the slope of a gable or pediment
relieving arch - An arch embedded into a wall to relieve the section below it. It is often found over a lintel ...
Vertical structural member which bears a load - arches, architraves or vaults. It may be square, oblong or polygonal in shape.
Transom - A small opening above a door or window separated by a horizontal member that usually contains a sash or louver panel hinged to the transom bar. Transoms were first used in the 18th century on exterior doors.
Triglyph: projecting members separating the metopes of a Doric frieze and divided into three strips by two vertical grooves
Velatium: the awning stretched above a amphitheater to protect spectators from the sun ...
Pews The benches where members of the congregation are seated. Some churches have chairs rather than pews. In some very old churches you will find box pews - pews with very high sides, backs and fronts.
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.
Tilting Fillet A timber member inserted to raise the edge of tiles or slates.
Tingles Metal strips used to secure loose slates or tiles. An indication of failure of nail fixings (nail rot) and a roof covering at the end of its useful life.
Frieze - 1. The middle horizontal member of a classical entablature, above the architrave and below the cornice. 2. A similar decorative band in a stringcourse, or near the top of an interior wall below the cornice.
corona: projecting upper member of a cornice.
cottage orné: a rustic cottage, often thatched, originating in the Picturesque movement of the 18th century.
cruciform: cross-shaped in plan.
PILLAR Usually a weight-carrying member, such as a pier or a column; sometimes an isolated, freestanding structure used for commemorative purposes.
PINNACLE A pointed termination of a spire, buttress, or other extremity of a building.
LINTEL The horizontal member that spans an opening.
MACHICOLATION Part of a defence system a castle, in particular a projecting parapet with openings in the floor between corbels.
TRANSOM: the horizontal framing member between a door and a window above; also refers to the window above a door. (IMAGE)
TRUNCATED: cut off or cut short, usually in reference to a roof. (IMAGE) ...
A horizontal structural member, such as a beam or stone, that spans the opening as between the uprights of a door, window, or similar architectural element.
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corbelling (2) -- an arch consisting of architectural members projecting ourward from a wall and bearing the weight of the next course above it. Each course projects slightly beyond the one below. (Biers, 335)
corridor house (3) ...
architrave : The lowest part of an entablature resting on the capital of a column; also, the holdings around a doorway. The lintel or flat horizontal member which spans the space between the columns; in classical architecture, ...
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