American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... Solid brick walls , built to carry wall and roof weight , are the next most prev- alent type . Bricks are laid up in patterns that usually take their names from traditional forms of bonding . Bonding ref- ers to the laying of bricks or ...
... Solid brick walls , built to carry wall and roof weight , are the next most prev- alent type . Bricks are laid up in patterns that usually take their names from traditional forms of bonding . Bonding ref- ers to the laying of bricks or ...
Page 54
... solid and open sec- tions . In many vernacular buildings the battlement may be only symbolic - that is , there are a few solid portions with wide openings between them . ROOFS : ORNAMENT 56 TOWERS , STEEPLES , TURRETS L 54.
... solid and open sec- tions . In many vernacular buildings the battlement may be only symbolic - that is , there are a few solid portions with wide openings between them . ROOFS : ORNAMENT 56 TOWERS , STEEPLES , TURRETS L 54.
Page 242
... solid massing , and firm lines on both its elevations . It was rarely uniform in size , for one elevation was often larger than the other , and one might have been designed somewhat differ- ently from the other . As a corner property ...
... solid massing , and firm lines on both its elevations . It was rarely uniform in size , for one elevation was often larger than the other , and one might have been designed somewhat differ- ently from the other . As a corner property ...
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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