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Architectural Studies

Architectural Studies. Tyler Wells, 2011. E-G. Eaves. The overhanging lower edges of a roof. Egg and dart. An ornamental motif fro enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating series of oval and pointed forms. Ell.

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Architectural Studies

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  1. Architectural Studies Tyler Wells, 2011 E-G

  2. Eaves • The overhanging lower edges of a roof. Architectural Studies E-G

  3. Egg and dart • An ornamental motif fro enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating series of oval and pointed forms. Architectural Studies E-G

  4. Ell • A wing at right angles to the length of a building. Architectural Studies E-G

  5. Engaged column • A column built as to be truly or seemingly bonded to the wall before which it stands. Architectural Studies E-G

  6. Engawa • An extension of the floor on one or more sides of a Japanese-style house, usually facing a garden and serving as a passageway or sitting place. Architectural Studies E-G

  7. Entasis • A slight convexity given to a column to correct an optical illusion of concavity if the sides were straight. Architectural Studies E-G

  8. Exposed aggregate finish • A decorative finish produced by sandblasting, etching with an acid, or scrubbing a concrete surface to remove the outer layer of cement paste and expose the aggregate. Architectural Studies E-G

  9. Eyebrow • A low dormer having a roof that is an upwardly curving continuation of the main roof plane. Architectural Studies E-G

  10. Facade • The front of a building or any of its sides facing a public way or space, especially one distinguished by its architectural treatment. Architectural Studies E-G

  11. Fenestration • The design, proportioning, and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building. Architectural Studies E-G

  12. Finial • A relatively small, usually foliated ornament terminating the peak of a spire or pinnacle. Architectural Studies E-G

  13. Fixed light window • A window or sash of a window that does not open for ventilation. Also called fixed sash. Architectural Studies E-G

  14. Fleur-de-lis • A stylized three-petaled iris flower tied by an encircling band, used as the heraldic bearing of the royal family of France. Architectural Studies E-G

  15. Fluted columns • A decorative motif consisting of a series of long, rounded, parallel grooves, as on the shaft of a classical column. Architectural Studies E-G

  16. Flying buttress • An inclined bar of masonry carried on a segmental arch and transmitting an outward and downward thrust from a roof or vault to a solid buttress. Architectural Studies E-G

  17. Folly • A whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest to a view, or commemorate a person or event. Architectural Studies E-G

  18. Fresco • The art or technique of painting on a freshly spread, moist plaster surface with pigments ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Also, a picture or design so painted. Architectural Studies E-G

  19. Frieze • The horizontal part of a classical entablature between the cornice and architrave, often decorated with sculpture in low relief. Architectural Studies E-G

  20. Frigidarium • A large cold pool of water in the Roman bath complex, after the Caldarium (hot water) and Tepidarium (warm), meant to close the pores of the skin. Architectural Studies E-G

  21. Gable dormer • A dormer with a gable roof. Architectural Studies E-G

  22. Gable roof • A roof sloping downward in two parts from a central ridge, so as to form a gable at each end. Architectural Studies E-G

  23. Gambrel roof • A ridged roof divided on each side into a shallower slope above a steeper one. Resembles the roof of a barn. Architectural Studies E-G

  24. Gazebo • A freestanding roofed structure, usually open on the sides, affording and rest in a garden or park. Architectural Studies E-G

  25. Groin vault • A compound vault formed by the perpendicular intersection of two vaults, forming arched diagonal arrises called groins. Also called a cross vault. Architectural Studies E-G

  26. Grotesque • A decorative style characterized by the fantastic shaping and combing of incongruous human and animal forms with foliage or similar figures, often distorting the natural into caricature or absurdity. Architectural Studies E-G

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