American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... ENGLISH BOND IS NOT USED IN. ENGLISH BOND HEADER I 2 3 HEADER < HEADER ENGLISH GARDEN WALL BOND 4 HEADER 4 HEADER The shape of a brick can affect the general appearance of walls . Visually , stretchers tend to pull the walls away from ...
... ENGLISH BOND IS NOT USED IN. ENGLISH BOND HEADER I 2 3 HEADER < HEADER ENGLISH GARDEN WALL BOND 4 HEADER 4 HEADER The shape of a brick can affect the general appearance of walls . Visually , stretchers tend to pull the walls away from ...
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... ENGLISH COTTAGE THE ENGLISH COTTAGE UNDERWENT A REVIVAL IN the first few decades of this century . This picturesque cot- tage featured asymmetrical massing of steeply pitched roofs , stucco walls with clean edges , unusual window ...
... ENGLISH COTTAGE THE ENGLISH COTTAGE UNDERWENT A REVIVAL IN the first few decades of this century . This picturesque cot- tage featured asymmetrical massing of steeply pitched roofs , stucco walls with clean edges , unusual window ...
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... ENGLISH BUNGALOW DURING THE 1920s AND 1930s MANY BUILDERS turned to an alternative bungalow design , the English bun- galow . The planes suggested by low gables were filled in , so solid walls were tied to the gables . The open gable ...
... ENGLISH BUNGALOW DURING THE 1920s AND 1930s MANY BUILDERS turned to an alternative bungalow design , the English bun- galow . The planes suggested by low gables were filled in , so solid walls were tied to the gables . The open gable ...
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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 PARAPET pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch porch roof PORTE-COCHERE portico prairie projecting rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles side elevations sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone stretchers 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