(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect a vault that is intersected by one or more vaults of lower pitch ...
Pitched Roof - Roof of two plains sloping to a central ridge.
Plaster - A mixture of slaked lime and sand used for the coating of walls and ceilings.
Platform - A raised level surface, as in railway stations, for musicians etc.
Pitch The rate at which a roof or other surface slopes.
Plaster A surface covering for walls and ceilings applied wet, dries to smooth, hard protective surface.
Pitch - Roof slope.
Pitching - Rough cobbling on floor, as in courtyards.
Plinth - Projecting base of wall.
Pitch The angle or slope of a roof covering.
Plasterboard Stiff 'sandwich' of plaster between coarse paper. Now widespread used for ceilings and walls,
Plinth The projecting base of a wall or structure.
Pitch The angle of slope to a roof.
Plasterboard Sandwich of plaster between paper. Commonly used for ceilings and partition walls.
Plinth The projecting base of a wall.
pitched (roof) (3)
pithos (3) -- a large clay vessel used to store cereals or liquids (Pedley, 355) Sample Image (Lesson 12)
plinth (13) ...
PITCH Roof slope.
PITCHING Rough cobbling.
PLINTH The projecting base of wall. Also, a PLINTH COURSE is a continuous course of stones supporting a wall.
Pitch - Slope (measured in degrees), of a roof.
Place - A site, area, building or other work, group of buildings or other works together with associated contents and surroundings (Australia ICOMOS, Burra Charter, Article 1.1).
Low pitched roof
Smooth facade
Large glazed area and elliptical fanlight with flanking slender side lights ...
Roof Pitch - Degree of roof slant stated in inches rise per foot.
Roof Run - The horizontal distance from the outside of a bearing wall plate to the center of the ridge rafter.
Pitched roof
- refers to almost any roof built at an angle, the pitch refers to the slope of the roof.
Pitch: The pitch of a roof is the degree of the inclination upward from horizontal or flat.
pitch - the degree of slope of a roof, usually given in the form of a ratio, such as 6:12
porch - a roofed exterior space on the outside of a building ...
pitched Sloping, especially referring to a roof.
plinth A platform base supporting a column or pilaster.
PITCHED ROOF - Sloping (rather than flat) and covered with tiles, slates etc.
PLASTERBOARD - Chips and plaster sandwiched between 2 sheets of cardboard.
PLATE - Horizontal timber on wall to spread load of joists, rafters etc.
A pitched roof used on a tower.Sail domeA square dome or vault of one continuous curve with the same diameter as the diagonal of the square, so that it rises from pendentives between arches.
Low-pitched roof
Red roof tiles
Stucco siding
Arches above doors, windows, or porches
Heavy carved wooden doors
A Neo-mediterranean home may resemble the much earlier Spanish Revival style.
low pitched roof
centrally located door with semi-elliptical or fanlight door transom
often includes classically detailed pediment and columns ...
low-pitched gable over porticos, doors, windows etc.
Peel
originally a palisaded court. Later a stone tower house ...
Roof Pitch
Relates to the slope and inclination angle of a roof in building construction. A roof is considered pitched with a gradient greater than 15 degrees (slope greater than 3.215 in 12). Carpenters frame rafters to "pitch" a roof.
a low-pitched gable used in Classical and Renaissance architecture above a portico, at the end of a building, or above doorways, windows, niches, etc.
A low-pitched gable across a portico, door or window; any similar triangular decorative piece over a doorway, fireplace or other feature. A pediment that is open on top is called a broken pediment.
Pier ...
steeply pitched roofs with plenty of dormers, turrets, gables, conical towers, lunettes, and iron cresting. Ornamentation is lavish with intricate string courses, corbel tables, finials and crockets.
Steeply pitched roof, usually side-gabled
Tall, narrow windows, common in multiple groups, and with multi-pane glazing
Exteriors can be stucco, brick, stone, or wooden clad ...
Steeply pitched gable roofs
Lancet, pointed arches for openings and windows
Leaded and stained glass windows
Battlements and parapets
Pinnacles and finials
Rose- and clover-shaped windows
Gargoyles
Asymmetrical floor plans ...
The low pitch of the gable roofs produced a squat triangular shape at each end of the building, the pediment, which was typically filled with sculptural decoration.
Gable (or pitched) roof
a roof formed by the intersection of two planes sloping down from a central beam.
Gallery ...
BARREL
a semicircular vault unbroken by ribs
UNDERPITCH
a barrel vault with small perpendicular vaults underneath
GROIN
formed from intersection of two vaults ...
hipped roof: a pitched roof in which the ends are also sloped.
hypaethral: (Greek) open to the sky.
imperial staircase: one with a central arm breaking into 2 flights which follow the outer walls.
Creasing: þ-shaped mark on a wall, marking the pitch of a former roof. Crenel: The low segment of the alternating high and low segments of a battlement.
Mansard Roof - pitched roof which has, on each side, a shallower upper slope and a steeper lower slope.
Mortar - mixture of sand, cement, water and sometimes lime used to join stones, blocks or bricks.
on the shaft of a column, pilaster, or other surface FRIEZE: the middle division of an entablature, between the ARCHITRAVE and the cornice, usually decorated but may be plain GABLE: the triangular upper portion of a wall at the end of a pitched roof ...
Identifying features include the low-pitched roof, widely overhanging eaves with decorative brackets, and square cupola on the top.
2. Scantic, CT. c.1849. Square-shaped massing with low-pitched roof, overhanging eaves, and brackets.
Pediment - low-pitched gable over porticos, doors, windows.
Peel - a small tower; typically, a fortified house on the border. Peel originally a palisaded court. Later a stone tower house.
âE¢ Steep roof pitches at varying heights. Curved roof pitches are sometimes incorporated in one or two locations. âE¢ These homes are usually two stories in height with high rooflines. âE¢ Chimneys are usually large and sloped at the base.
Also Cyprus differs from its other near-eastern neighbours in having a rich source of high quality timber, enabling buildings to be built with pitched wooden roofs covered with tiles.
Early English porches are much longer, and in larger buildings frequently have rooms above; the gables are generally bold and high pitched. In larger buildings also, as at Wells, St Albans, &c.
Broken-back roof A roof that changes from a steep straight pitch to a lower pitch without any step. Bullnose A convex or curve over, which becomes sharper towards the edge, e.g.
Low pitched gabled roof or flat roof with a balustrade
Embellished cornices, usually with dentil moldings and egg-and-dart molding underneath ...
The great abbeys and cathedrals were seldom vaulted, being covered by timber roofs of low pitch, except as regards their easily vaulted aisles.
We refer particularly to the odious and unholy breach of unity among you, which is quite incompatible with God's chosen people, and which a few hot-headed and unruly individuals have inflamed to such a pitch that your venerable and illustrious name, ...
The ancient discovered that if two cords are twanged the difference in pitch will be one octave if the shorter is half the length of the longer, a fifth if one is two thirds of the other, and a fourth if the ratio is 3:4.
Italianate: The Italianate style (1840-1885)is characterized by a wide-overhanging, low-pitched roof with ornamental brackets (often in pairs) beneath; tall, segmentally-arched windows; ...
The front face or projection created by a pitched roof.
Gothic Style
Gothic architecture developed in Europe during the medieval period, from about 500 CE to 1500 CE.
gable:
the triangular wall section at the ends of a pitched roof, bounded by the two roof slopes and the ridge pole
gambrel:
a ridged roof having two slopes on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch ...
- an inexact term for a late 19th to mid 20th century type of small house characterized by materials that express their natural state, interconnected interior spaces, low, broad form, and lack of applied ornamentation; often has a low-pitched gable ...
They have very low pitched or hipped roofs, which cover one- or two-car attached garages. The ridge poles of these houses are parallel to the streets, and hence these houses requiring large, expensive lots.
A wide, low-pitched gable surmounting the façade of a building. It is formed at the end of a building by the sloping roof and the cornice. Also, a triangular decorative element placed above a window or entrance. Also see: broken pediment.
BELLCAST: a curved shape resulting in a lower pitch at the bottom of a roof slope. (IMAGE)
BALUSTRADE: a railing of small posts or balusters topped by a coping usually at the edge of stairs or on a roof. (IMAGE) ...
Ranch
Ranch homes are set apart by pitched-roof construction, built-in garages, and picture windows.
Craftsman
Full- or partial-width porches are framed by tapered columns and overhanging eaves.
Lean-to - A wing or extension of a building having a single pitched roof, and usually projecting from a higher structure with a double pitch or complete roof.
gable - The portion above eaves level of an end wall of a building with a pitched roof. The gable is triangular in form. Sometimes it refers to the entire end wall. (p. 30, p. 34, p. 36, p. 46, p.48 - can't see these but each side has a gable, p.
corbiestep - a gable with stepped sides, used to mask a pitched roof
Corinthian order - classical fluted columns, slender with ornate capitals decorated with stylized leaves ...
Gable -- The triangular section of a wall to carry a pitched roof.
Gable Roof -- A roof with a central ridge and one slope at each side., ...
FASCIA BOARD
Trim covering rafter ends at the end of a roof pitch.
FENCING
A barrier as of wooden or metal posts and rails used as a boundary.
A-Frame - A roof shape with a very steep pitch forming a gable or "A" shape.
pediment The triangular end of a gable,or a triangular ornamental element resembling it. In classical architecture, a low-pitched gable above a portico; also a similar feature above doors in homes.
is named after the Mansard-roofed buildings of France constructed during Napoleon III's Second Empire in the third quarter of the 19th century. Mansard roofs, named after 17th century French architect François Mansart, were steeply pitched and ...
 See also: House, Architecture, Gable, Brick, Porch
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