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timber framing

Architecture; General architecture

Is the method of creating structures using heavy timbers jointed by pegged Mortise and tenon joints.

dikka

Architecture; General architecture

Islamic architectural term for the tribune raised upon columns, from which the Koran is recited and the prayers intoned by the Imam of the mosque.

distyle

Architecture; General architecture

It literally means having two columns. An architectural term for a portico having two columns between two anta.

ephebeum

Architecture; General architecture

Large hall in the ancient Palaestra furnished with seats, the length of which should be a third larger than the width. It served for the exercises of youths of from sixteen to eighteen years of age.

bressummer

Architecture; General architecture

Large, horizontal beam supporting the wall above, especially in a jettied building.

lacunar

Architecture; General architecture

Latin name in architecture for paneled or coffered ceiling, soffit, or vault adorned with a pattern of recessed paneled.

compluvium

Architecture; General architecture

Latin term for the open space left in the roof of the atrium of a Roman house (domus) for lighting it and the rooms round.

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