American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... façade . Some multifamily buildings will organize the façade into projecting and receding planes . For example , a common treatment includes pro- jecting corner pavilions with a re- cessed entrance area . The converse can also be found ...
... façade . Some multifamily buildings will organize the façade into projecting and receding planes . For example , a common treatment includes pro- jecting corner pavilions with a re- cessed entrance area . The converse can also be found ...
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... FAÇADE PLA SEPARATE ROOF LIING LIALLS 日 8 PORCH COVERS FAÇADE . Entrance porches are major de- sign elements in vernacular houses , and minor elements in other building types . An entrance porch that covers an entire façade can ...
... FAÇADE PLA SEPARATE ROOF LIING LIALLS 日 8 PORCH COVERS FAÇADE . Entrance porches are major de- sign elements in vernacular houses , and minor elements in other building types . An entrance porch that covers an entire façade can ...
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... FAÇADE MANSARD COTTAGE THROUGHOUT 1870-80 THE COTTAGE WITH A MAN- sard roof was referred to as a French cottage , and historians link this cottage to the development of the Second Empire style . In vernacular design the French cottage ...
... FAÇADE MANSARD COTTAGE THROUGHOUT 1870-80 THE COTTAGE WITH A MAN- sard roof was referred to as a French cottage , and historians link this cottage to the development of the Second Empire style . In vernacular design the French cottage ...
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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