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In architecture, a pier is an upright support for a superstructure, such as an arch or bridge. The cross section of the pier is generally square, or rectangular, although other shapes are also possible.
Pier : Without piers there would be no Great Cathedrals to speak of. The solid standing piers serve as the main support to the heavy strain of the Gothics vertical aspirations.
Pier buttresses - Darwin Martin House
Pier buttresses - Buffalo Gas Light Company
Pier buttresses - St. Frances de Sales RC Church ...
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.
pier
An upright support, generally square, rectangular, or composite. In medieval architecture there are massive circular supports called drum piers. Compare with column, pilaster. Types of pier compound, drum. See also alternation of support ...
Pier - An independent mass of brickwork, masonry or concrete, which gives support to beams or arches.
Pier A vertical, non-circular masonry support, more massive than a column.
Pillar Similar to but more slender than a pier, also non-circular.
Pitch The rate at which a roof or other surface slopes.
Pier: A vertical column of brickwork or other material, used to strengthen the wall or to support a weight.
Plasterboard: Stiff "sandwich" of plaster between coarse paper. Now in widespread use for ceilings and walls.
Pier
A support (usually made of masonry or brick) for an arch. Generally larger and heavier than a column.
Piscina
A niche with a drain (like a sink) used to wash liturgical vessels after the mass.
Pier
A free-standing rectangular support for an arch or column, usually thicker than the column above. Also may bear loads and provide lateral support as part of a foundation.
Pilaster ...
PIER A square or rectangular post or pillar.
PILASTER A rectangular column applied to a wall and usually in a classical order.
PINNACLE A conical ornament surmounting a gable or buttress in medieval architecture.
pier - solid masonry supports with no base or capital; Romanesque and Gothic pillars; the solid support between openings in buildings. ( p. 36, p. 40).
Pier - Support for arch, usually square.
Pilaster - Shallow pier used to buttress a wall.
Pinnacle - Ornamental crowning spire, tower, etc.
pier -- a freestanding, rectangular mass of masonry supporting the superstructure of a building (Pedley, 355) Sample Image (Lesson 13)
pier-and-door partition (12) ...
pier-and-spandrel motif A wall treatment that emphasizes the play between vertical piers and horizontal spandrels.
pigment Substances used as a coloring agent ...
pier: a mass of masonry serving as a vertical support. If cylindrical it is called a pillar or column.
pilaster: a shallow decorative pier resembling a flattened column and projecting very slightly from the wall surface.
PIER
Any Strong, solid support, frequently square in section or of composite section (compound pier).
PIER Any unattached mass of construction, such as the solid between two windows or a support with no base or cap for an arcade.
PINFOLD An enclosure where stray animals are confined.
pier : A large pillar used to support a roof.
pilaster : A pilaster is a rectangular support which resembles a flat column. The pilaster projects only slightly from the wall, and has a base, a shaft, and a capital.
Pier glass
Tall, narrow framed mirror originally placed between two windows to enhance light coming into a room. Often an accompaniment to a low table or console.
Pietre dure ...
Pier
a vertical support used to bear loads in an arched or vaulted structure.
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Pier
A vertical, solid, massive, masonry support. A pier is generally square, rectangular, or composite in cross section.
Pier - A vertical load-bearing structural support, other than a column.
Pitch - Slope (measured in degrees), of a roof.
Pier
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.
PIER
Load-bearing element that rises from a footing.
PLASTER
A pasty mixture of lime, sand, and water which hardens upon drying that can be carved.
pier - point foundation, such as may support a column, or porch
pilaster - a flat form of a pillar or column applied to a wall and used as decoration
pitch - the degree of slope of a roof, usually given in the form of a ratio, such as 6:12 ...
Pier
A square pillar or the part of a wall that sits between doors or windows.
Plinth ...
pier 1. A column designed to support concentrated load. 2. A member, usually in the form of a thickened section, which forms an integral part of a wall; ...
Pier
support for archor vault, usually square as opposed to pillar (round)
Pikeman ...
A pier composed of grouped shafts, or a solid core surrounded by shafts.ConcreteComposition of cement (calcined lime and clay), aggregate (small stones and rock chippings), sand and water.
A pier composed of a group or cluster of members, especially characteristic of Gothic architecture.
Moat pier: A pier of rock set amid a moat or ditch which was used to support a wooden bridge or drawbridge. Common in the Middle East because of the lack of strong enough timber to span the whole moat.
a shallow pier of rectangular section attached to a wall.
Podium
in Classical architecture, a basis, usually solid, supporting a temple or other superstructure.
Crossing pier - In the interior of a building, a support placed at one of the corners of the crossing.
Crossing tower - The tower which sometimes occurs above the space at the intersection of the nave, chancel, and transept of a church.
the compound pier and archivolt,
the alternate system, and
the ribbed and domed vault.
From the latter (i.e. from the Carolingian remains): ...
anta - a square pier terminating the end of a wall in Greek temple architecture. Columns are said to be "in antis" when they stand within a porch between antae.
the flat slab on the top of a capital 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 ...
Pier - support for arch, usually square.
Pikeman - soldier carrying a pike or similar long-handled weapon.
Pilaster - shallow pier used to buttress a wall.
Pinnacle - ornamental crowning spire, tower, etc.
ENGAGED COLUMN, in architecture, a form of column, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached according to its projection; the term implies that the column is partly attached to a pier or wall.
Such structural engineers as Robert Maillart, Eugène Freyssinet, and Pier Luigi Nervi produced works in reinforced concrete that combined imagination with rationality to achieve aesthetic impact.
Originally the arcade of the sanctuary facade comprised one pier alternating with two columns but this was subsequently changed to piers only.
Jetty - A projection, a pier.
Jhamp - A horizontal, vertical or sloping projection hanging below, any horizontal projection like balcony, canopy, verandah, passage etc. to provide protection from direct sun and rain.
pier A large pillar used to support a roof. portico A structure usually attached to a building, such as a porch, consisting of a roof supported by piers or columns.
finial A Finial is an ornament on a column, gate pier, balustrade, wall or building (from the Latin finis=end). flowery meadA Flowery Mead is a medieval name for a lawn rich in wild flowers.
The uppermost finish or decoration on a column, pier, or pilaster. The style or origin of the column or pier is indicated by the design of the capital as well as the base and shaft. See also Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite.
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The massive weight of its high clerestory windows meant that flying buttresses -- external supports -- had to be used in new ways. Each curved pier connects with an arch to a wall and extends (or "flies") to the ground or a pier some distance away.
PILASTER - A shallow pier or a rounded/rectangular column projecting only slightly from a wall. Primarily decorative.
PORCH - The roofed entrance to a house.
PORTICO - A roofed entrance to a house that is columned like a temple front.
A flying buttress transmits the thrust of a wall by means of a half arch, downwards into a pier. The pier is usually surmounted by a pinnacle which increases stability and can also add grace and verticality to the structure.
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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.
Capitals - The carved stone which caps a column or pier and which forms the transition between the shape of the column and the arches over it.
Censers - A vessel in which incense is burned.
Literally translation of 'pedestal', the lower part of a pier in architecture....
Formeret
French term for the wall-rib carrying the web or filling-in of a vault....
A mix of concrete which contains special additives which enable it to be used under water. It is used for bridge pier reinforcements, dock areas and for flood protection systems.
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eastern test ...
trumeau Central pier in a doorway, sometimes decorated with sculptures. tympanum An area above a door between the lintel and the arch. This area is often filled with sculpture, especially in Romanesque churches.
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