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The arrangements may use a central hall entrance as the center axis , or a side
entrance may be balanced by a window grouping on the opposite side . Most
multifamily designs tend to spread out across the site and emphasize horizontal
lines ...
The arrangements may use a central hall entrance as the center axis , or a side
entrance may be balanced by a window grouping on the opposite side . Most
multifamily designs tend to spread out across the site and emphasize horizontal
lines ...
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PORCHES : ENTRANCE GENERALLY , A PORCH IS A COVERED ENTRANCE
TO a building . While traditional porches have their own roof , and the porch
proper projects from the main wall , other kinds of entrance designs have become
...
PORCHES : ENTRANCE GENERALLY , A PORCH IS A COVERED ENTRANCE
TO a building . While traditional porches have their own roof , and the porch
proper projects from the main wall , other kinds of entrance designs have become
...
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PRAIRIE AND BUNGALOW TYPES EMPLOYED EITHER wide , open porches
with thick pedestals and piers for the porch roof ( in which case the entrance was
diminished by the depth of the porch or the broad gable of the porch roof ) , or a ...
PRAIRIE AND BUNGALOW TYPES EMPLOYED EITHER wide , open porches
with thick pedestals and piers for the porch roof ( in which case the entrance was
diminished by the depth of the porch or the broad gable of the porch roof ) , or a ...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442230672, 9780442230678 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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