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Inglenook in the Blue Bedroom of Stan Hywet Hall, Summit County, Ohio. An inglenook or chimney corner is a recess that adjoins a fireplace. The word comes from "ingle", an old Scots word for a domestic fire (derived from the Gaelic aingeal), and "nook". [1] [2] The inglenook originated as a partially enclosed hearth area, appended to a larger room.
Inglenook fireplaces were a development. One side of the inglenook was a transverse wall, one of the others was the exterior wall which was pierced with a little 'fire window' that gave light. To the other side was a low partition wall with a settle to provide seating. A beam or bressumer at head height finished off the open end.
Architect Frederick G. Scheibler Jr. (Scheibler portrait courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives) Old Heidelberg Apartments (1905) Minnetonka Building, Shadyside, 2021-08-25, 04 Highland Towers Apartments (1913) Starr house (1927) Frederick Gustavus Scheibler Jr. (May 12, 1872 – June 15, 1958) was an American architect.
Inglenook is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the northeastern part of the town, atop a broad peninsula in Candlewood Lake. Inglenook is bordered to the east by Sail Harbor and to the north by the town of Sherman.
The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings of all these traditions is thought to be humans satisfying the very basic need of shelter and protection. [ 1 ]
Inglenook is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. [1] It is located on Inglenook Creek 8 miles (13 km) south of Westport [ 2 ] and approximately 3 miles (5 km) north of Cleone , at an elevation of 102 feet (31 m). [ 1 ]
Starchitect is a portmanteau used to describe architects whose celebrity and critical acclaim have transformed them into stars of the architecture world and may even have given them some degree of fame among the general public.
The Adirondacks style of architecture can be specialized into custom homes, rugged roofing, log cabins, boat houses, rustic furnishing, rustic kitchen, birch and cedar furniture, log and twig works. This style of architecture is found most prominently in and around the area of Adirondack Park.