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2. Viga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   An umbral or lintel was added for support of the viga along with vertical posts in these spaces. [12] The porch's roof treatment was the same as in the interior room, but the space provided was used for different purposes. Vigas were usually installed with the smaller ends to one side of the roof to facilitate good drainage. [12] Vigas usually ...

3. List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture

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   Thatch walls: more images: Vertical thatching Insulates; historically common in colder areas. Used on historic properties Tate-ita: Board-and-batten wall: Vertical boards, the seams covered with thinner laths called battens. [1] [27] Shitami-ita: more images: Battened clapboard wall [1] [28] Clapboarding with notched vertical battens over the ...

4. Post and lintel - Wikipedia

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   Post and lintel (also called prop and lintel, a trabeated system, or a trilithic system) is a building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them. This is usually used to hold up a roof, creating a largely open space beneath, for whatever use the building is designed.

5. Post (structural) - Wikipedia

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   Angle – A historical name for a corner post. Intermediate – A post in an exterior wall not at a corner. Chimney – An intermediate post receiving its name from being near a chimney. Interior – A general term for posts not in an exterior wall. Arcade – A post located between an aisle and nave. [10] Aisle – same as arcade post. [11]

6. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a

7. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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   An exterior side of a building, usually the front. Fanlight A window, semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open fan. Fan Vault A conoid architectural element in which a series of equidistant curved ribs projects radially from a central axis, often a vertical wall support such as a column.