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The Rise of McMansions
It's an architectural version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Our neighborhoods are being replaced by soulless alien substitutes. Instead of corner stores, we have Quick Marts. Instead of Main Streets, we have Mega Malls.
Rise - The vertical distance from one stair tread to the next.
Riser - The vertical portion of a step. The board covering the open space between stair treads.
Roof Pitch - Degree of roof slant stated in inches rise per foot.
Rise - Of an arch or vault, the vertical distance between the soffit at the crown and the level of the springing line.
[edit] Rise of Buddhist and Jain architectures
Viharas (Buddhist monasteries) began to appear soon after the death of the Buddha, particularly during the Mauryan Empire (321 - 232 B.C) with characteristic stupa monuments; ...
Rise
- vertical height between springing line and underside of keystone. See arch.
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Rise - the vertical distance between the spring line and the key stone of an arch or vault.
Sill - the base or support at the bottom of a niche or window.
Span - the horizontal distance between the two supporting members of a vault or arch.
The rise of the city from 1571 was very rapid so that after 1573 it was regarded as the capital of the Mughal Empire.
This low-rise office building in Guelph exhibits some of the qualities Mies van der Rohe was responsible for: a box-like shape, large expanses of window with coloured spandrels, and aluminum mullions.
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany gave an impetus to the spread of the International Style to the United States.
Measurements of an arch: rise, span. Related architectural elements: arcade, cusp, hood moulding, spandrel, tympanum.
ALTERNATE TRACERY: one of the main divisions of Perpendicular tracery, in which supermullions rise from the tops of the archlets immediately below but where no mullion is carried up to the window head in a direct line (cf.
eyecatcher a structure, often an artificial ruin, built on a distant rise to catch the attention of a viewer and carry his or her eye out of the surrounding garden into the wider countryside.
Despite continuing preeminence in Italy, the declining authority of the Papacy and the prestigious Italian families in its orbit may be measured against the rise of other European powers especially the kings of France and the thriving French ...
In the Rhineland, German expressionism gave rise to works of a marked emotional character, ranging from the statuettes of the school of Bodensee, such as that of the youthful seated Saint John tenderly laying his head on the shoulder of Christ, ...
A roof's pitch is the measured vertical rise divided by the measured horizontal span, the same thing as what is called "slope" in geometry. A simple (without hip or valley) shed roof is pitched with one plane.
His career converges with the so-called Chicago School of architects, whose challenge was to invent the skyscraper or high-rise building, facilitated by the introduction of the electric lift and the sudden abundance of steel.
They brought with them iron age technology but also created pottery with geometric designs, thus giving rise to the Geometric period also known as the Dark Age due to the Dorians constant warring and subjugation of the population.
By means of collective rites, of participation -- through gestures-- in the mysteries, men could rise above their own natures and, as Rupert of Deutz expressed it, become prophets themselves, that is, heralds of God.
A type of timber construction in which curving paired members (blades) rise from ground level to a tie-beam or collar-beam which supports the roof timbers.
Balloon framing, a nineteenth-century construction innovation, contributed to the rise of the housing contractor and developer.
This style accompanied the spread of Islam after its rise in Arabia in the seventh century.
A Neoclassical building is likely to have some (but not necessarily all) of these features: symmetrical shape , tall columns that rise the full height of the building, triangular pediment, domed roof.
Stalks (eight in number) with two leaves from which rise the helices or spiral scrolls of the Corinthian capital to support the abacus.
caulking
A putty-like substance used to seal joints against the weather.
Smooth stone finishes
Full-length porches that rise to the top of the building
Balconies and pedimented porches on the front facade
Balustrades
Elaborate cornices
Symmetrical, with rectangular rooms ...
In architecture it saw the rise of Palladianism; the styles of Robert Adam; the fashions for Rococo, Chinoiserie, Gothick and Hindoo. It also embraced early Gothic and Greek revivals and Neoclassicism.
NEWEL The main post from which the steps of a stair rise. One end of a handrail is usually attached to the newel.
OCULUS A small round or oval window.
Colossal/Giant Order
Columns or pilasters that rise through several stories; also called a Giant Order. Image courtesy of Phil Gruen ...
Spring - Level at which the springers (voussoirs) of an arch rise from their supports.
Squint - Observation hole in wall or room.
Stepped - Recessed in a series of ledges.
CAPILLARY ACTION - A process by which dampness can rise through walls and floors and between tiles.
A shrine is located on the site where the event occurred that gave rise to the commemoration and the devotion.
Cauliculus, or caulicole - stalks (eight in number) with two leaves from which rise the helices or spiral scrolls of the Corinthian capital to support the abacus.
also had a special characteristic: entasis, which is a little bulge in the columns make the columns look straight, even at a distance [because since you would see the building from eye level, the shafts would appear to get narrower as they rise, ...
In the 20th century the word has been adopted to describe dramatic enclosed glass-roofed indoor spaces associated with high-rise hotels and office buildings that are treated as substitutes for the public realm.
to church building funds or upon the completion of a pilgrimage. The basic principles behind the doctrine of Purgatory go back at least to early Christian times, but they were more clearly formulated in the Middle Ages, leading to a rise in chantry ...
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