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A pillar boutant is a large chain or jamb of stone, made to support a wall, terrace, or vault. The word is French, and comes from the verb bouter, "to butt" or "abut". [4] Bracket (see also corbel) A weight-bearing member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall. Bressummer
The initial core set of terms was derived from authority lists and the literature of art and architectural history; this core set was reviewed, approved and added to by an advisory team made up scholars from all relevant disciplines, including art and architectural historians, architects, librarians, visual resource curators, archivists, museum personnel, and specialists in thesaurus construction.
The architecture was often a mixture of styles in timber cut from local forests and stone hewn from local rocks. Most of the timber has gone, although the earthworks remain. Impressively, massive stone structures have survived for years.
Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings. A wider definition includes all design of the built environment, urban planning, urban design, ...
This list of house styles lists styles of vernacular architecture – i.e., outside any academic tradition – used in the design of houses. African
This is a list of building types. It is sorted by broad category: residential buildings , commercial buildings , industrial buildings , and infrastructural buildings . Residential
Side passage plan architecture; Sikh architecture; Single- and double-pen architecture; Sino-Portuguese architecture; Slow architecture; Songhai architecture; Southern French Gothic; Spa architecture; Spanish Colonial architecture; De Stijl; Stile Littorio; Stockbroker's Tudor; Strawberry Hill Gothic; Sudano-Sahelian architecture; Suspended ...
List of architecture awards; B. List of Baroque architecture; List of Bath City Architects; List of architectural projects in Belgrade; Brick Renaissance;