American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 47
... Color in roofing seems to center on two kinds of design choices : us- ing solid color either to cap the building or to separate the roof shape from the building ; and using it as part of a polychromy scheme that is related in value and ...
... Color in roofing seems to center on two kinds of design choices : us- ing solid color either to cap the building or to separate the roof shape from the building ; and using it as part of a polychromy scheme that is related in value and ...
Page 170
... colors , but the hues are generally closely related . For ex- ample , two different kinds of brick color might be used on the same building , both of them basically red , while a third color - a brown or an ocher - may be used on the ...
... colors , but the hues are generally closely related . For ex- ample , two different kinds of brick color might be used on the same building , both of them basically red , while a third color - a brown or an ocher - may be used on the ...
Page 171
... COLOR 2 . COLOR 3 . COLOR POLYCHROMY Stickwork is arranged in pat- terns that tend to divide a wall into panels . Half - timber stickwork is always nailed in pattern ; herring- bone and a general rectangular pattern occur a great deal ...
... COLOR 2 . COLOR 3 . COLOR POLYCHROMY Stickwork is arranged in pat- terns that tend to divide a wall into panels . Half - timber stickwork is always nailed in pattern ; herring- bone and a general rectangular pattern occur a great deal ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 15 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
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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