American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 84
... symmetrical placement . In the asymmetrical pattern , windows are placed so as not to be arithmetically balanced , or so that one - half of an eleva- tion is not a mirror image of the other half . Balance among elements in an ...
... symmetrical placement . In the asymmetrical pattern , windows are placed so as not to be arithmetically balanced , or so that one - half of an eleva- tion is not a mirror image of the other half . Balance among elements in an ...
Page 87
... SYMMETRICAL WITH SINGLE WINDOWS CLEARSTOFY .日日 SYMMETRICAL WITH PAIRED WINDOWS AND A CLEARSTORY 200 88 Oriels and bays have a special effect on 87.
... SYMMETRICAL WITH SINGLE WINDOWS CLEARSTOFY .日日 SYMMETRICAL WITH PAIRED WINDOWS AND A CLEARSTORY 200 88 Oriels and bays have a special effect on 87.
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... SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION , CAEMENT OR SASH , OFTEN PAIRED OR TRIPLE , OFTEN FRENCH DOORS AS WINDOWS THE VILLA FORM OF THE HIPPED COTTAGE WAS the most formal and most historic of all the designs in this group . It abandoned the square ...
... SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION , CAEMENT OR SASH , OFTEN PAIRED OR TRIPLE , OFTEN FRENCH DOORS AS WINDOWS THE VILLA FORM OF THE HIPPED COTTAGE WAS the most formal and most historic of all the designs in this group . It abandoned the square ...
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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 metal 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 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 FAÇADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood