American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 34
Page 85
... Symmetrical placements effect design on the horizontal whereby windows help delineate floor levels and spread the building out from the center . They also effect design on the vertical whereby stacking creates bays or columns of light ...
... Symmetrical placements effect design on the horizontal whereby windows help delineate floor levels and spread the building out from the center . They also effect design on the vertical whereby stacking creates bays or columns of light ...
Page 87
... SYMMETRICAL WITH SINGLE WINDOWS ᄆᄆ SYMMETRICAL WITH PAIRED WINDOWS AND A CLEARSTORY 088 88 Oriels and bays have a special effect on 87.
... SYMMETRICAL WITH SINGLE WINDOWS ᄆᄆ SYMMETRICAL WITH PAIRED WINDOWS AND A CLEARSTORY 088 88 Oriels and bays have a special effect on 87.
Page 204
... SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION , CALEMENT OR SASH , OFTEN PAIRED OR TRIPLE , OFTEN FRENCH DOORS AS WINDOWS TYPICAL FACADE . VILLA THE VILLA FORM OF THE HIPPED COTTAGE WAS the most formal and most historic of all the designs in this group . It ...
... SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION , CALEMENT OR SASH , OFTEN PAIRED OR TRIPLE , OFTEN FRENCH DOORS AS WINDOWS TYPICAL FACADE . VILLA THE VILLA FORM OF THE HIPPED COTTAGE WAS the most formal and most historic of all the designs in this group . It ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 15 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accent arcades arches ASHLAR bay window block boards brackets brick BUILDING TYPES built bungalow CHARACTERISTICS 2 STORIES CLADDING MATERIALS CLAPBOARD CLIPPED GABLE colonial color columns commercial buildings CORBELING corner CORNERBOARDS cornice COTTAGE WINDOW decorative DENTILS design elements door DORMER eaves END-WALL CHIMNEY entablature entrance FACADE FLARED FLAT floor frame FRIEZE front gable roof GABLED COTTAGE GAMBREL HEADER HIP ROOF HIPPED COTTAGE historic horizontal house types included interior light lintels mansard masonry ments millwork moldings motifs muntins organization ornament overall PAIRED PALLADIAN WINDOW PANEL AND GLASS PARAPET pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch porch roof porte-cochere portico prairie projecting rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone structure stucco style SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION tent roof terra cotta texture tion tower TRANSOM treatments TYPICAL FAÇADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood