INTD 50A

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INTD 50A architectural detail
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roof typesgable
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roof typesgambrel
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roof typeship
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roof typesflat
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roof typesmansard
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roof typessalt box
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door types
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door types
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door types
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window types
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window types
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window types
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window types
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• terminology
• acanthus
• large leaf conventionalized by the greeks for
  ornamental use
• as in the capital of the corinthian column

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• terminology
• arch
• structural feature spanning an opening, supported
  at two ends composed of several wedge-shaped
  parts
• usually curved, but may be flat

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• terminology
• dentil
• small tooth-shaped block used as a repeating
  ornament of a cornice

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• terminology
• finial
• ornament used as a terminating motif
• usually in the form of a knob, pineapple or
  foliage

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• terminology
• gingerbread
• decorative trim on victorian style
• homes
• generally carved out of wood
• quantity sometime became more important than
  quality

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• terminology
• column capitols
• decorative crowning motif of a column or pilaster
  shaft
• most characteristic feature of each classical
  architectural order

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terminology column capitals
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• terminology
• half-timbering
• type of construction in which heavy wooden posts
  and beams form the skeleton of the structure
• area between is filled with brick, stone or
  plaster

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• terminology
• pediments
• architectural, roof-like decoration
• usually found over porticoes, windows, or doors
• triangular, broken, segmented, scroll varieties

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• terminology
• pilaster
• flat-faced vertical projection from a wall
• rectangular in plan, but with the
• general proportions, capital and
• base of a column

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• terminology
• portico
• open space covered with a roof supported by
  columns
• added to the main entrance

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• terminology
• quoins
• large-angled stones at the corner of a building