Store-Front Veneers
many designs & materials
Since the 1930s, store-fronts on Main Street have been constantly remodeled to promote business.
On newer buildings, the "Austin Stone" is often a man-made material manufactured from Portland cement, lightweight natural aggregates, and iron oxide pigments. This imitation stone is often applied as a veneer.
veneer
A thin facing of finishing material, A very thin layer used as a facing.
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Veneer
A thin slice of wood cut from the solid, applied as decorative surface to a more common wood.
veneer A very thin layer used as a facing.
vitruvian wave A series of scrolls connected by a wave-like band; also called a wave scroll, or a Greek wave; common motif in classical ornament.
Veneer: A thin sheet of wood, rotary cut, sliced, or sawed from a log, bolt, or flitch.
Veneering:
The art of utilizing thin layers of fine woods to their best decorative and structural advantage by lamination to a core of less valuable wood.
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Brick Veneer - A type of wall constructed with facing brick covering a backing wall of frame or masonry.
Bridging Cross - Wood or metal strips nailed diagonally between floor joist tp prevent lateral movement and dissipate weight.
Ceramic Veneer and Architectural Terra Cotta
Terra cotta panels used for exterior facing of buildings are referred to as ceramic veneer.
Butt Veneer - Veneer with the strong curly figure from a tree trunk
Butter coat - A soft, wet coat of render for a dry-dash finish ...
LVL: Laminated Veneer Lumber - A combination of many pieces of veneered lumber glued together to give added structural capabilities. Often used in window or door frames.
The distinctive characteristic of Italian Gothic is the use of polychrome decoration, both externally as marble veneer on the brick facade and also internally where the arches are often made of alternating black and white segments, ...
In Niagara-on-the-Lake the houses are made with a wood siding veneer more often than with stone or brick. This house was probably rebuilt after the War of 1812, but the original 12-over -12 windows and symmetrical bays remain as in the original.
The name itself describes the dominating finish veneer found in the style of home.
Plywood Board made from veneers of wood glued with the grain laid at right angles.
Pointing Outer edge of mortar joint between bricks, stones etc.
Purlin Horizontal beam in a roof providing intermediate support to the rafters.
Cavetto is a transitional style in maple solids and veneers, with optional
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Decorative corner treatment made of wood or veneer masonry that simulates large rectangular stones.
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with ceramic tiles; wide boxed eaves that commonly contain large decorative brackets; symmetrical facade, although asymmetrical models with projecting wings and porte-cocheres are not uncommon; masonry construction with brick or stucco veneers; ...
This consisted of statues cone standing in a large round basin, veneered in marble and was richly adorned with niches and statues.
The Romans utilized the arch in other ways, sometimes burying it in their concrete construction, as in their vaults, and sometimes introducing it as a veneer only, as in the Pantheon.
and need to be very thick to be strong enough to bear not only their own weight but the weight of the roofs, especially if the roofs are tile. If not protected from moisture, adobe easily melts down. Tile roofs, arcades, coatings of plaster, veneers ...
The style was largely a system of ornamentation applied to smooth building surfaces. Decoration was often completed in a luxurious assortment of materials, including exotic wood veneers, marble, painted terra-cotta, and metals.
Iran is renowned for brick masonry vaulting and for glazed ceramic veneers. The finest examples of Islamic architecture in Iran are found in Eşfahān, the former capital.
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