American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... plain masonry building or completely sheath and thereby enliven a plain shape . Terra cotta is cast and fired clay units , usually larger and more intricately molded than brick . Most terra cotta was glazed , and some was finely colored ...
... plain masonry building or completely sheath and thereby enliven a plain shape . Terra cotta is cast and fired clay units , usually larger and more intricately molded than brick . Most terra cotta was glazed , and some was finely colored ...
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... plain and segmental - have been used to create an integrated system of or- nament . To describe this kind of arrangement , one might assign a label - a for the plain and b for the segmental . If an elevation has five windows beginning ...
... plain and segmental - have been used to create an integrated system of or- nament . To describe this kind of arrangement , one might assign a label - a for the plain and b for the segmental . If an elevation has five windows beginning ...
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... plain capital . Col- umns in the Doric order have fluted edges . In the Roman version of the order , the Tuscan , the flutes have been re- moved , the shaft has a base , and the ornamental details ( moldings ) have been removed . The ...
... plain capital . Col- umns in the Doric order have fluted edges . In the Roman version of the order , the Tuscan , the flutes have been re- moved , the shaft has a base , and the ornamental details ( moldings ) have been removed . The ...
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