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Engaged column
Construction; Architecture
A column attached to, or partly sunk into, a wall or pier.
Fluting
Construction; Architecture
Shallow, concave grooves running vertically on the shaft of A column, pilaster, or other surface.
Hogyo roof
Construction; Architecture
A square, pyramidal roof with curved ears common in Japanese architecture.
Hypostyle
Construction; Architecture
A hall or other large space over which the roof is supported by rows of columns like a forest.
Ionic order
Construction; Architecture
An order that originated in Asia Minor in the mid-sixth century B.C.
Lantern
Construction; Architecture
A small circular or polygonal turret with windows all round, crowning a roof or a dome.
Load bearing construction
Construction; Architecture
Construction in which walls, posts, columns, or arcades support the weight of the ceilings and upper floors.
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