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General architecture

Planceer

Architecture; General architecture

Building element sometimes used in the same sense as a soffit, but more correctly applied to the soffit of the corona in a cornice.

Chresmographion

Architecture; General architecture

Chamber between the pronaos and the cella in Greek temples where oracles were delivered.

Diaulos

Architecture; General architecture

Peristyle round the great court of the palaestra, described by Vitruvius, which measured two stadia (1,200 ft.) in length, on the south side this peristyle had two rows of columns, so that in stormy ...

Hyphen

Architecture; General architecture

Possibly from an older term "heifunon" - a structural section connecting the main portion of a building with its projecting "dependencies" or wings.

Brise soleil

Architecture; General architecture

Projecting fins or canopies which shade windows from direct sunlight.

Arcade

Architecture; General architecture

A series of columns or piers spanned by arches.

Bay window

Architecture; General architecture

A projecting form containing windows that rises from the ground or from some other support, such as a porch roof; see also oriel.

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