American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... EAVES HIP ON HIP The hip roof is a low roof ; build- ings tend to spread out to accom- modate them . Equal - sided hip roofs may produce a cubical build- ing , and many hip roofs stimulate symmetrical designs . Buildings with flared eaves ...
... EAVES HIP ON HIP The hip roof is a low roof ; build- ings tend to spread out to accom- modate them . Equal - sided hip roofs may produce a cubical build- ing , and many hip roofs stimulate symmetrical designs . Buildings with flared eaves ...
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... eave to the ridge board . Purlins are horizontal pieces of timber laid between the common and the principal rafters ... eaves , arches , or cornices . In a gable roof , a raking cornice slopes from the apex of the gable to the eave . It ...
... eave to the ridge board . Purlins are horizontal pieces of timber laid between the common and the principal rafters ... eaves , arches , or cornices . In a gable roof , a raking cornice slopes from the apex of the gable to the eave . It ...
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An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. ROOFS : EAVE DETAILS IN MOST VERNACULAR DESIGN , BRACKETS ARE composed of stickwork . They do not support other elements , but are used as decorative details for eaves and end ...
An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. ROOFS : EAVE DETAILS IN MOST VERNACULAR DESIGN , BRACKETS ARE composed of stickwork . They do not support other elements , but are used as decorative details for eaves and end ...
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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