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WINDOWS : FENESTRATION IN BUILDING DESIGN , FENESTRATION REFERS
TO the arrangement of windows and other openings , especially the patterns that
such an arrangement defines . Generally fenestration has come to refer to ...
WINDOWS : FENESTRATION IN BUILDING DESIGN , FENESTRATION REFERS
TO the arrangement of windows and other openings , especially the patterns that
such an arrangement defines . Generally fenestration has come to refer to ...
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The center gable was a frame house with clapboard siding , although shingles
were later used in gable ends . The fenestration was symmetrically arranged in
three bays . The house had a porch that was shallow in the older models and ...
The center gable was a frame house with clapboard siding , although shingles
were later used in gable ends . The fenestration was symmetrically arranged in
three bays . The house had a porch that was shallow in the older models and ...
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Fenestration was calculated to provide as equal lighting as possible so that
symmetry , with variety in groupings , predominated . CHARACTERISTICS 1 - 2
STORIES , FRONT AND SIDE ENTRANCES OPTEN HAD : BRICKOR
CLAPBOARD ...
Fenestration was calculated to provide as equal lighting as possible so that
symmetry , with variety in groupings , predominated . CHARACTERISTICS 1 - 2
STORIES , FRONT AND SIDE ENTRANCES OPTEN HAD : BRICKOR
CLAPBOARD ...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary And History |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442227396, 9780442227395 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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