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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.
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.
