American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 21
... overall appearance that the continuous and integrated boards give to a building . Clap- board walls look solid , of one piece , which makes the fenestration an important design element , in that it relieves and punctuates the walls ...
... overall appearance that the continuous and integrated boards give to a building . Clap- board walls look solid , of one piece , which makes the fenestration an important design element , in that it relieves and punctuates the walls ...
Page 31
... overall continuity , the shape of their units , and the use of color . Terra cotta uses color as punctuation , to form edges or to cap a wall or a section of a wall . Tile relies on patterning , on geometric more than naturalis- tic ...
... overall continuity , the shape of their units , and the use of color . Terra cotta uses color as punctuation , to form edges or to cap a wall or a section of a wall . Tile relies on patterning , on geometric more than naturalis- tic ...
Page 53
... overall design . A polychromed roof lightens the impact of the shape and weight of the roof . The addition of color and pattern reduces the role of the roof as cap or lid . Visually it pulls the eye toward the planes of the roof and ...
... overall design . A polychromed roof lightens the impact of the shape and weight of the roof . The addition of color and pattern reduces the role of the roof as cap or lid . Visually it pulls the eye toward the planes of the roof and ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 15 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
Copyright | |
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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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood