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Keel-moulding
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KEEL-MOULDING, in architecture, a round on which there is a small fillet, somewhat like the keel of a ship. It is common in the Early English and Decorated styles.
Moulding - A relatively narrow strip of wood, usually shaped to a curved profile throughout its length; used to accent and emphasize the ornamentation of a structure and to conceal surface or angle joints. Sometimes spelled molding.
Moulding - Masonry decoration; long, narrow, casts strong shadows.
Mullion - Vertical division of windows.
Mural - Wall (adjectival).
moulding: any continuous ornamental feature, especially round an arch, doorway or window.
Mozarabic: style of Islamic inspiration developed by Christians in Spain in the 9th-11th centuries.
MOULDING A continuous, narrow surface (projecting or recesses, plain or ornamented) designed to break up a surface, to accent, or to decorate.
MULLION A vertical member, made of stone or wood, dividing a window or other opening.
Moulding. Decorative feature added to an architectural element which may be simple or enriched in design.
Mouldings
To introduce depth, shadow and a greater sense of line, materials like stone, brick and wood can be carved or manipulated. These adaptations are called mouldings, and can be found in Classical and Gothic architecture.
Mullions ...
Keel moulding
Moulding used from the late 12th century, in section like the keel of a ship.KeepPrincipal tower of a castle.Kentish cusp ...
Keel moulding - In architecture, a round on which there is a small fillet, somewhat like the keel of a ship. It is common in the Early English and Decorated styles.
Keel moulding
A moulding whose outline is in section like the keel of a ship.
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label moulding
A square-arched moulding above windows and doors.
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Hooded Moulding
A projecting moulding on the wall above an arch.
Horror Vacui
The compulsion to make marks in every space. Horror vacui is indicated by a crowded design. In Latin, literally means "fear of empty space" or "fear of emptiness".
Mould (moulding) - A member of construction or decoration, treated to introduce varieties of outline or contour in edges of surfaces, whether on projections or cavities, as on cornices, capitals, bases, door and window jambs and heads.
Moulding
- the profile given to a projection on a building such as a string course. There are any number of profiles most of which are self explanatory.
Moulding shaped into a beak-like form.
Beam
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.
a moulding surrounding, or framing, a doorway or window opening
Arrow-loop or slit
long, narrow and usually vertical opening in a wall or merlon, through which arrows were shot ...
"If mouldings are only composed of parts of a circle, and straight lines, they are called Roman; because the Romans, in their buildings, seldom or never, employed any other curve for mouldings, than that of a circle." ...
The mouldings on the doors are unique. The choice of walls colour is wonderful.
Consecon
Consecon ...
DRIP MOULDINGa projecting moulding, usually above a window, that is designed to allow rainwater to "drip"
EAVESunderside of roof projection
ELLan extension usually at right angles to one end of a building ...
Cable moulding - a Norman moulding carved like a length of rope.
Camera - private room used for both living and sleeping, set apart from the more public areas of a house. Campshedding - facing of piles of boarding along a bank.
a bold moulding of double curvature raised above the general plane of the framework of a door, fireplace or panelling.
Boss
a projecting square or round ornament, covering the inter-sections of the ribs in a vault, panelled ceiling or roof, etc.
Zigzag moulding.
Clerestory
Uppermost storey standing above the aisle roof, pierced by windows, sometimes with a triforium beneath.
molding (moulding) - A decorative band used to obscure the joints where two surfaces meet.
mullion - The central, vertical member of a door or bar between coupled windows or casement windows ...
Drip cap: A moulding placed on the top of the head brick mould or casing of a window frame.
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Cornice A moulding at the junction between a wall and ceiling. Can also include a moulding at the top of an outside wall designed to project and throw raindrops clear of the wall.
Base Moulding - A moulding at the top of a base, where it narrows into a wall or column, often acting as a weathering ...
Architrave A moulding around a doorway or window opening. It usually covers the joints between the frame and the wall finish, thus hiding any shrinkage gaps which may occur.
Ashlar Squared and faced stone used as high quality finish.
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HOOD-MOULD A moulding that is applied over a window to throw off rainwater, especially in medieval architecture.
JAMB The vertical side of a fireplace opening, doorway, window, etc.
KEYSTONE The central stone or brick in an arch.
Example of window mouldings
In architecture, a hood mould, also called a label, is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater. This moulding can be terminated at the side by ornamentation called a label stop.
DADO RAIL - Wooden moulding fixed horizontally to a wall, about 1m (3ft 4in) above the floor, originally intended to protect the wall against damage by chair-backs.
Related architectural elements: arcade, cusp, hood moulding, spandrel, tympanum. Architrave: The lintel or flat horizontal member which spans the space between columns; in classical architecture, the lowest member of an entablature.
window hinged on one of its vertical sides to open inwards or outwards like a door Cavity-wall (also called Cavity Brick) A brick wall laid in 2 close rows which are connected by ties Chair-rail (often called Dado-rail) A horizontal moulding ...
abbey was retained, and the chief attention was devoted to refining and improving the detail and composition of the wall design, where extremely beautiful results were obtained, as at Whitby, by the strictly English elaboration of the arch mouldings ...
The recessed porches, which in earlier mosques would have been filled with muqarnas mouldings, are here filled with carved acanthus leaves.
Its most frequent employment is in the bases of columns; in the Roman Doric order being the lowest moulding; ...
ROUNDEL: a circular moulding. (IMAGE)
SALTBOX: an architectural form of a house, developed from a one-and-a-half story house with a linhay, the shape is said to resemble an eighteenth century salt box.
Dripstone - a projecting moulding weathered on the upper surface and throated underneath so as to deflect rain water. When carried round an arch it is called a hood. It is sometimes employed inside a building for a decorative purpose only.
Architrave: Joinery moulding around window or doorway.
Asbestos: Fibrous mineral used in the past for insulation. Can be a health hazard specialist advice should be sought if asbestos (especially blue asbestos) is found.
String course
A horizontal moulding projecting from the surface of the wall. Used to visually separate different parts of the elevation.
Tabernacle
A canopied frame like a miniature building, used around an image or over a statue.
Chevron - A decorative V-shaped line.; Zig-zag moulding (twelfth century).
Chimney - A passage or structure extending above the roof, through which smoke escapes.
Chiseled - A stone shaped by a sharp-edged hand tool.
Related architectural elements: arcade, cusp, hood moulding, spandrel, tympanum. Types of Arches: depressed, horseshoe, intersecting, round, ogee or ogive. See also: blind arch, relieving arch, transverse arch, triumphal arch.
will be amazed to see what numberless precautions are resorted to in the execution,"how the prudence of the practical builder is combined with the daring of the artist full of power and inventive imagination; while in examining the mouldings and the ...
Based in Helsinki, Alvar Aalto extended his oeuvre through more than four decades, refusing to celebrate the industrialized repetition of steel, concrete, glass, and aluminium, but moulding space with utmost sophistication, ...
The front door is often emphasized with decorative mouldings. The windows are double-hung sashes with 6 panes per sash and are aligned horizontally and vertically in a symmetrical pattern five rank on the front facade.
open-heart moulding). Romanesque decorative molding consisting of overlapping shapes resembling upside-down hearts or spades, laid over a roll-molding.
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