American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... architecture . As a handbook it describes and illus- trates the compositional elements and the design concepts that ... architecture , as referred to in this study , is the traditional American architecture that was passed on to suc ...
... architecture . As a handbook it describes and illus- trates the compositional elements and the design concepts that ... architecture , as referred to in this study , is the traditional American architecture that was passed on to suc ...
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... Architecture . Nashville : American Association for State and Local His- tory , 1977 . Burke , Arthur E. , J. Ralph Dalzell , and Gilbert Townsend . Architectural Building Trades Dictionary . Chicago : Ameri- can Technical Society ...
... Architecture . Nashville : American Association for State and Local His- tory , 1977 . Burke , Arthur E. , J. Ralph Dalzell , and Gilbert Townsend . Architectural Building Trades Dictionary . Chicago : Ameri- can Technical Society ...
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An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. FPT > $ 25.50 Vernacular architecture - that is , traditional architecture passed on to successive generations of builders and designers through the use of particular building ...
An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. FPT > $ 25.50 Vernacular architecture - that is , traditional architecture passed on to successive generations of builders and designers through the use of particular building ...
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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