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Architecture 2 Flashcards

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The triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.

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Pediment

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The part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building.

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Eaves

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A window that projects vertically from a sloping roof.

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Dormer

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Colonial Style

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Colonial architecture characteristics include:

  • Symmetrical front and rectangular shape
  • Two stories
  • Side gabled
  • Steep roof with narrow eaves
  • Little exterior ornamentation
  • Casement windows
  • Massive central chimney
  • Made of wood and covered with clapboard or shingles
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Windows that are hinged on the side and crank open outward to the left or right allowing for full top to bottom ventilation. Common above kitchen sinks, these windows give you the flexibility to group them in stunning combinations.

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Casement Windows

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Georgian Style

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  • Rigid symmetry in building mass as well as window and door placement
  • Brick, stone, or stucco (brick is most predominantly used)
  • Hip roofs, sometimes with dormers
  • Window decorative headers
  • Entrance embellishments, such as pediments, arched tops, and ogee caps
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A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together.

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Keystone

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The generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches

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Gable

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A roof with two sloping sides and a gable at each end.

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Gable Roof

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A roof with the ends inclined, as well as the sides.

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Hip Roof

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A roof with two sides, each of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one

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Gambrel Roof

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A four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper.

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Mansard Roof

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A roof which is almost level in contrast to the many types of sloped roofs. The slope of a roof is properly known as its pitch and these roofs have up to approximately 10°

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Flat Roof

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A small semicircular or rectangular window over a door or another window.

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Fanlight

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How are federal style homes different from colonial style?

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  • Symmetrical and with the same layout as what you’d find with colonial homes. However,
  • Federal architecture is more ornate with things like rounded or arched windows and elaborate moldings.
  • Taller and narrower than colonial homes
  • Oval or circular shaped rooms.
  • Homes tend to be made of brick instead of clapboard you’d frequently find with colonial homes.
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Defining Characteristics of Greek Revival Architecture.

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Defining characteristics of Greek Revival homes include

  • A symmetrical shape
  • Pilasters, columns, and a porch entry
  • Plain or highly decorated cornices and friezes.
  • Chimneys were placed as far back as possible to make the home look more like a Greek temple.
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The decorated projection at the top of a wall provided to protect the wall face or to ornament and finish the eaves.

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Cornice

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A window built to project outward from an outside wall.

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Bay Windows.

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Gothic Architecture Characteristics

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Often characterized by 5 key architectural elements:

  1. Large stained glass windows
  2. Pointed arches
  3. Ribbed vaults
  4. Flying buttresses
  5. Ornate decoration.
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A buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports.

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Flying Buttresses

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A large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof, typically at the eastern end, and usually containing the altar.

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Apse

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The central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. In traditional Western churches it is rectangular, separated from the chancel by a step or rail, and from adjacent aisles by pillars.

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Nave

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(in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave.

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Transept

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A roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.

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Veranda

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