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Bow window — A bow window, is a curved bay window. [ [http://ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY/b/bow.html Bow window at The Illustrated Architecture Dictionary] ] Bow windows are designed to create space by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building, and to provide… … Wikipedia
Post and lintel — For lintel as a decorative element see Lintel (architecture) : For beam as load bearing member see beam Post and lintel (synonymous with Post and beam and also called an Architrave [cite web year= month=… … Wikipedia
Ionic order — The Ionic order column forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian. (There are two lesser orders, the stocky Tuscan order and the rich variant… … Wikipedia
Parapet — A parapet is a wall like barrier at the edge of a roof or structure. It may serve to prevent unwanted falls over the edge or it may be a defensive, constructional or stylistic feature. Building parapetsThe word comes ultimately from the Italian… … Wikipedia
Dormer — For people named Dormer, see Dormer (surname). An English street showing gable dormer windows A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original… … Wikipedia
Tuscan order — Among the classical orders of architecture, the Tuscan order s place in the architectural canon is disputed. The order was only defined in the of classical architecture by Italian architectural theorists of the 16th century. The five orders… … Wikipedia
Adam style — The Adam style (or Adamesque) is a style of neoclassical architecture and design as practised by Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728 1792) and his brothers. A book of engraved designs made the Adam repertory available throughout Europe. A… … Wikipedia
Federal architecture — Federal style architecture occurred in the United States between 1780 and 1830, particularly from 1785 to 1815. The period is associated with the early Republic, and the establishment of the national institutions of the United States. This same… … Wikipedia
Rustication (architecture) — Rustication is an architectural term that contrasts with ashlar, smoothly finished, squared block masonry surfaces. Rusticated masonry is squared off and left with a more or less rough surface, with a deep V or square joint or with finished… … Wikipedia
Fanlight — A fanlight is a window, semicircular or semi elliptical in shape, with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open fan, [cite book last =Poppeliers et al. first =John C. coauthors = url = title =What Style is it? publisher =John Wiley … Wikipedia
