Symmetrically placed dormers
Dormer: a window set vertically into a a small gable projecting from a sloping roof; the gable holding such a window. (From French: sleeping room).
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Symmetrical When two halves of an object are mirror images of each other.T
Threshold A horizontal piece forming the bottom frame of a door opening.
Timber Large wooden boards used in creating the structure of a wall.
Symmetrical clapboard or brick exterior with little or no ornamentation
Usually three-story design, commonly box-shaped two or more rooms deep, sometimes modified with projecting wings
Low pitched gabled roof or flat roof with a balustrade ...
Symmetrical shape
Tall columns that rise the full height of the building
Triangular pediment
Domed roof
During the 1500s, the famous Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio awakened an interest in the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.
(The 2 symmetrical towers int he front of the church, this is a very good example of the main use of towers) ...
Gambrel - a symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side
Garretting, properly Galletting - the process in which the gallets or small splinters of stone are inserted in the joints of coarse masonry to protect the mortar joints.
rinceau A symmetrical, swirling foliate ornament.
rustication Rough-surfaced stonework, often with beveled edges.
sacistry In a church, a room for the storage of sacred objects and for the carrying-out of certain church activities.
This formal and symmetrical composition follows the Canadian Farmer prototype to the letter. The central frontispiece has a large broken pediment with paired cornice brackets. The second-storey central window is round-headed and multi-paned.
Some 16th-century symmetrical Western European country houses built on U-shaped groundplans resulted in a sheltered central door in a main range that was embraced between projecting wings, ...
Centrally-planned building: A building in which the sides are of equal length and in which the main space is symmetrical when bisected laterally and longitudinally. A centrally-planned building may be square, circular, or polygonal.
cinquefoil Ornamental tracery in the form of a flower with five symmetrical petals. clerestory From "clear story." The uppermost level of nave walls, usually containing windows.
flat plane of a wall, arches may be used in rows, supported by piers or columns to form an arcade; for roofs or ceilings, a sequence of arches, one behind the other, may be used to form a half-cylinder (or barrel) vault; to span large symmetrical ...
Commercial building with simple Colonial Revival, or Neo-Georgian facade -- symmetrical, even, and plain.
3. Urbana, IL. A typical 1920s upper-middle class neighborhood.
4. Penn State University campus, Irvin Hall. c.1926.
5. Stafford Springs, CT.
The oldest example of a rectangular canal pattern is at Passargadae, in Iran, and the oldest example of a square garden with symmetrical crossing canals is at the Alhambra.
Classical architecture - Different from other types of architecture because everything was symmetrical from the doors to the windows and to the decorations. Classical architecture is also known for the elegant foundations and figures.
The overall features of Georgian house plans can be described as a symmetrical composition enriched by classical detail. The structural and detail aspects of Georgian house plans show distinctions among regions as do other architectural styles.
Colonial - The defining characteristics of colonial architecture are its square, symmetrical shape, central door, and straight lines of windows on the first and second floor.
of the two styles, which was ingeniously developed by the Byzantine Greek artists for their Arabian masters in the early times of Mahommedan conquest, every natural object was proscribed; the artists were, therefore, reduced to making symmetrical ...
Colonial Revival buildings usually were formal and symmetrical. Some were exact replicas of Federal buildings; however the architectural details and massing are distinguished by their large proportions.
However, the Red Fort has a more regular symmetrical design, reflecting the fact that it was planned and built mostly by one patron (with a few additions by Aurangzeb) unlike the Agra Fort which gradually developed under two emperors.
Classical Georgian houses are characterized by having: (1)their long axis parallel to the street; (2)a symmetrical front facade with a central entry and usually two windows on either side, echoed in two-story examples by a row of five windows above; ...
Befitting a king--in fact, the style is named for four King Georges of England--Georgian homes are refined and symmetrical with paired chimneys and a decorative crown over the front door.
Symmetrical shapes on either side of the center line
Paneled front doors with sidelights and topped with transoms or fanlights
Constructed with one or two materials, usually wood, brick, or stone ...
A church with a single nave and two altar apses that are symmetrically placed side by side. Although rare in Armenian architecture, it is a design that is known to exist in at least 14 churches, (J. M.
The buildings are so symmetrical right down to the bare details. The architects of that time period tried to have everything symmetrical. From the door, to the fireplace, and even the decorations inside as well as outside of the building.
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.
baroque - having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells
churrigueresco, churrigueresque
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" ...
Balustrade: A railing with symmetrical supports.
Bay: A major vertical division of a large, interior wall. There are usually more than one, such as a nave that is divided into seven bays (fig.1).
Description of two figures placed symmetrically face to face.
Aisle
(Literally ‘A wing') Subsidiary space alongside the nave, choir or transept of a church, separated from it by columns or piers.
Classical ornament like a symmetrical palm shoot.Panel frame
(Scots): Moulded stone frame round an armorial panel, often placed over the entrance to a tower house.Panelling ...
Trefoil - Three symmetrical (or circular) leaf shapes inscribed within a circle. (Also: quatrefoil, multi-foil).
Triple window - Vertically divided into three equal sashes or panes.
The roof shape identifies this house style! These houses have symmetrical windows and floor plans. Neo-Dutch Colonials are more distinctive in appearance than Cubic (1900s-1920s) and Cape Cod (1940s-1950s) styles.
Labyrinth - A symbolic maze which for our purposes applies to the intricate symmetrical diagrams found on Cathedral floors.
Lancet window - Slender rectangular window with pointed arch.
TREFOIL Ornamental tracery in the form of a flower with three symmetrical petals.
TURRET A small, often ornamental tower projecting from a building, usually at a corner.
Affronted - Term applied to two figures, usually animals, placed symmetrically facing each other, often found on capitals.
Ornamental tracery in the from of a flower with four symmetrical petals
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ROMANESQUE ...
a form of decoration composed of strips or ribbons that are intertwined, usually symmetrically about a longitudinal axis.
Ionic
see Order.
Baroque was large, masculine, and symmetrical. Regence was characterized by its use of curves and introduction of Chinoiserie. Ornamentation was usually done with rocks, shells, and flowers.
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The main impulse of Elizabethan architecture was toward a well-ordered symmetry; Elizabethan symmetrical facades, often filled with huge windows, were different from those of the heavy castlelike Gothic and early Tudor country residences.
 See also: Architecture, House, Classical, Ornament, Arches
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