American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... dormer that has no roof other than the main . The term " dormer " ( from the French dormoir , dormitory ) refers to its common use as sleeping quarters . Dormers take more specific names from their placement or their roof shape . A gable ...
... dormer that has no roof other than the main . The term " dormer " ( from the French dormoir , dormitory ) refers to its common use as sleeping quarters . Dormers take more specific names from their placement or their roof shape . A gable ...
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An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. DORMERS : TYPES DORMERS : USES MOST DORMERS ARE REFERRED TO AS ROOF. GABLE DORMER HIPPED DORMER Besides their purely functional attribute of providing head room , light , and air to ...
An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. DORMERS : TYPES DORMERS : USES MOST DORMERS ARE REFERRED TO AS ROOF. GABLE DORMER HIPPED DORMER Besides their purely functional attribute of providing head room , light , and air to ...
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An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. DORMERS : USES DORMERS : SPECIALTY THE SPECIALTY DORMER HAS A UNIQUE PROFILE. WALL DORMER CONY Visually , a wall dormer may be strong enough to give the appear- ance of a second ...
An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. DORMERS : USES DORMERS : SPECIALTY THE SPECIALTY DORMER HAS A UNIQUE PROFILE. WALL DORMER CONY Visually , a wall dormer may be strong enough to give the appear- ance of a second ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 9 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
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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 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 PANEL AND GLASS pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch PORCH ROOF porte-cochere portico prairie projecting Queen Anne rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles side elevations sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone 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