American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 48
... horizontal pieces of timber laid between the common and the principal rafters ; they run parallel to the ridge . The shape of sections or of the entire roof may depend on trusses - structural frames with inter- mediary supports . The ...
... horizontal pieces of timber laid between the common and the principal rafters ; they run parallel to the ridge . The shape of sections or of the entire roof may depend on trusses - structural frames with inter- mediary supports . The ...
Page 225
... horizontal and accent the vertical . The low gable roof forms are the key to the design . The ga- bles are contiguous and successive as in other structures , but the massing of roofs is quite different . Not only are roofs built so that ...
... horizontal and accent the vertical . The low gable roof forms are the key to the design . The ga- bles are contiguous and successive as in other structures , but the massing of roofs is quite different . Not only are roofs built so that ...
Page 254
... HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL . DIVISIONS HORIZONTAL DIVISION GOTHIC - HEAD WINDOW TYPICAL FAÇADE TWIN TOWERS · CORNER- BOARDS CENTRAL ENTRALKE THE TWIN - TOWER CHURCH - THE MOST ELABO- rate of all - seeks to enhance the west wall . The ...
... HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL . DIVISIONS HORIZONTAL DIVISION GOTHIC - HEAD WINDOW TYPICAL FAÇADE TWIN TOWERS · CORNER- BOARDS CENTRAL ENTRALKE THE TWIN - TOWER CHURCH - THE MOST ELABO- rate of all - seeks to enhance the west wall . The ...
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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 FAÇADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood