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The detailing and proportions of the building were inspired by the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome. The brownstone facade is three stories with a high basement and attic. The hipped roof is covered with brown tile.

 


Gothic detailing on the Tribune Tower in Chicago
The Lady Chapel of Liverpool Cathedral, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott overseen by G F Bodley
Collegiate Gothic buildings of Boston College.

Classical detailing--columns, pilasters, heavily molded wooden entablatures (horizontal trim under roofs and over doors), and pediments--defines the style in houses, churches, stores, and other public buildings.

Classical detailing such as
swags
urns
Interior: grand staircase (sometimes freestanding)
Interior: paneled wainscot
Interior: fireplaces with ...

The exterior detailing on Romanesque buildings is not as intricate Gothic. There is minimal carving, minimal parapet detail, and the building face is relatively flat; the overall effect is one of solidity and permanence.

They are typically defined by being of one story with very low pitched roofs and moderate to wide overhangs, rectangular in shape with or without offsets, small porches, and basic detailing to include window shutters.

Simple, classical detailing
Gable roof
Pillars and columns
Multi-pane, double-hung windows with shutters
Dormers
Temple-like entrance: porticos topped by pediment
Paneled doors with sidelights and topped with rectangular transoms or fanlights ...

Entablature - Horizontal detailing above a classical column and below a pediment, consisting of cornice, frieze and architrave.
Exedra - Wall alcove with bench space ...

Wood shingles in gable peak
5. Brackets
6. Gable detailing on porch
7. Grouped columns set on brick piers
8. Brick arch
9. 1 over 1 double hung sash windows
10. Stone belt course
11. Stone water table
12. Cut stone foundation ...

PILAR A support column without classical detailing.
PILASTER A pilaster is a narrowly protruding column attached to a wall, giving the illusion of a real free standing support column.

Revivals of aspects of gothic detailing, which took place in the 1700's and 1800's. These aspects included gothic arches and tracery applied to rococo furniture. Later neo-gothic styles applied gothic ornamentation to neoclassical forms.

Frequent changes in retailing and turnover in ownerships means that they are often subjected to change, not always in a sympathetic manner, and most authorities now offer advice on appropriate shopfront design, making such advice collectively, ...

wide arched windows and door openings, heavily accented with ornate detailing
style largely confined to churches and administrative buildings erected in post-1880 period
Beaux Arts ...

The catalogue entries contain a short codicological description and numerous tables detailing the manuscript's collation, foliation, text, and subject and type of illumination.

Varied and ornate applied detailing
Multiple paint colors
Front gardens with wooden fences
Interiors done in the grand manner, including frescoed ceilings, chandeliers, marble fireplaces, elaborate ceiling cornices ...

a style of ornamentation using numerously variegated Victorian designs including stick work, spindles and knobs, brackets, sawn scroll work, õfree classicalö detailing, Gothic additions, finials, roof cresting, towers and cupolas, oxbow, ...

style of the 1930’s was identified by features such as flat roof, usually without ledge (coping) at the roof line, windows, Usually metal casements) set flush with outer walls, smooth, unornamented wall surfaces with no decorative detailing at ...

entablature In classical architecture, a major horizontal member carried by a column(s) or pilaster(s); it consists of an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice. The proportions and detailing are different for each order, and strictly prescribed.

that set itself in opposition to the picturesque Scandinavian-influenced mainstream of the period, and instead advocated the brutally frank expression of the nature of modern materials, characterized by unadorned concrete and the blunt detailing of ...

English "Adam" houses (named for the brothers Adam, Scottish architects and designers of interiors and furniture) from which they are stylistically descended. Federal houses resemble Georgian houses superficially, but feature more delicate detailing ...

leather upholstery, nailheads, and faked joints are attributed to Mission Style. The best examples are those first produced in small workshops; in later mass manufacture, mission furniture tended to heavy, square shapes and roughness in detailing.

See also: Architecture, House, Classical, Ornament, Gothic

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