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CLADDING MATERIALS : BRICK N THE METHODS BY WHICH BRICKS OR
STONES CAN be coursed constitute a system organized by patterns . Some
coursing produces a stronger wall , and some produces more ornamental
patterns .
CLADDING MATERIALS : BRICK N THE METHODS BY WHICH BRICKS OR
STONES CAN be coursed constitute a system organized by patterns . Some
coursing produces a stronger wall , and some produces more ornamental
patterns .
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WALLS : ORNAMENTATION COMMERCIAL BUILDING FAÇADES HAVE
VERTICAL and horizontal elements that combine ... Attached to a wooden
substructure , these elements project off the wall plane and terminate the façade '
s design .
WALLS : ORNAMENTATION COMMERCIAL BUILDING FAÇADES HAVE
VERTICAL and horizontal elements that combine ... Attached to a wooden
substructure , these elements project off the wall plane and terminate the façade '
s design .
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THIN TOWERSSQUARE PROJECTING FROM FALADE , LANTERNSQLARE OR
Lo - SIDED , SHINGLED WINDOWS GOTHIC - HEAD OR ROUNDHEADED
SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION , ORNAMENTED WEST WALL WINDOW ...
THIN TOWERSSQUARE PROJECTING FROM FALADE , LANTERNSQLARE OR
Lo - SIDED , SHINGLED WINDOWS GOTHIC - HEAD OR ROUNDHEADED
SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION , ORNAMENTED WEST WALL WINDOW ...
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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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