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2. Viga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Vigas are wooden beams used in the traditional adobe architecture of the American Southwest, especially in New Mexico.In this type of construction, the vigas are the main structural members carrying the weight of the roof to the load-bearing exterior walls.

3. Corbel - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, [1] a type of bracket. [2] A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger" in ...

4. 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]

5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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   The capping or covering of a wall. Corbel A structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. A corbie gable from Zaltbommel Corbiesteps A series of steps along the slopes of a gable. [17] Also called crow-steps. A gable featuring corbiesteps is known as a corbie gable, crow-step gable, or stepped ...

6. Hammerbeam roof - Wikipedia

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   A hammer-beam is a form of timber roof truss, allowing a hammerbeam roof to span greater than the length of any individual piece of timber.In place of a normal tie beam spanning the entire width of the roof, short beams – the hammer beams – are supported by curved braces from the wall, and hammer posts or arch-braces are built on top to support the rafters and typically a collar beam.

7. Pueblo Revival architecture - Wikipedia

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   Common features of the Pueblo Revival style include projecting wooden roof beams or vigas, which sometimes serve no structural purpose, "corbels", curved—often stylized—beam supports and latillas, which are peeled branches or strips of wood laid across the tops of vigas to create a foundation (usually supporting dirt or clay) for a roof.