American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... types may become bet- ter known . Specific names for building types derive from sev- eral sources : a significant design feature , a façade treatment , or occasionally a design concept . Primary design characteris- tics are listed for ...
... types may become bet- ter known . Specific names for building types derive from sev- eral sources : a significant design feature , a façade treatment , or occasionally a design concept . Primary design characteris- tics are listed for ...
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... types . The concept of organicism was based on the conceptual ap- proach that designers and builders took toward a group of house types all characterized by a strong feeling for centrality . In some cases the centrality came from a ...
... types . The concept of organicism was based on the conceptual ap- proach that designers and builders took toward a group of house types all characterized by a strong feeling for centrality . In some cases the centrality came from a ...
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... types or a low , close - to - the - ground roof in the centrifugal types . The modes of expression , then , were cen- tral plan / vertical expression or central plan / horizontal ex- pression . In both cases there was considerable ...
... types or a low , close - to - the - ground roof in the centrifugal types . The modes of expression , then , were cen- tral plan / vertical expression or central plan / horizontal ex- pression . In both cases there was considerable ...
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