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summer

Architecture; General architecture

Girder or main "summer beam" of a floor: if supported on two storey posts and open below, also called a "bress" or "breast-summer". Often found at the centerline of the house to support one end of a ...

orthostatae

Architecture; General architecture

Greek architecture term for the lowest course of masonry of the external walls of the naos or cella, consisting of vertical slabs of stone or marble equal in height to two or three of the horizontal ...

spandrel

Architecture; General architecture

In a building fascade, esp. glass, the section covering floor partions.

pediment

Architecture; General architecture

In classic architecture the triangular-shaped portion of the wali above the cornice which formed the termination of the roof behind it. The projecting mouldings of the cornice which surround it ...

niche

Architecture; General architecture

In classical architecture is an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size, retaining the half-dome heading usual for an apse.

pteroma

Architecture; General architecture

In Classical architecture, the enclosed space of a portico, peristyle, or stoa, generally behind a screen of columns.

mandapa

Architecture; General architecture

In Indian architecture, a pillared outdoor hall or pavilion for public rituals.

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