American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... piece - by - piece basis . The change in the method of making windows typifies develop- ments throughout the millwork industry : in the course of time , all elements were broken down into groups or single pieces and were assembled and ...
... piece - by - piece basis . The change in the method of making windows typifies develop- ments throughout the millwork industry : in the course of time , all elements were broken down into groups or single pieces and were assembled and ...
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... piece from the foundation to the roof . All pieces in this framing , including intermediate pieces such as floor joists , are nailed to the studs . The platform frame , also referred to as the Western frame , is a type of frame in which ...
... piece from the foundation to the roof . All pieces in this framing , including intermediate pieces such as floor joists , are nailed to the studs . The platform frame , also referred to as the Western frame , is a type of frame in which ...
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... piece , a piece perpendicular to the wall , and a brace . All three pieces may be integrated to look like one unit , or the individual parts may keep their identity . Any and all parts may be decorated - either shaped ; sawed through to ...
... piece , a piece perpendicular to the wall , and a brace . All three pieces may be integrated to look like one unit , or the individual parts may keep their identity . Any and all parts may be decorated - either shaped ; sawed through to ...
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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood