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Although the device can hold only small architectural scale models, it is a great instrument for teaching solar geometry. This heliodon was manufactured by High Precision Devices and now an alternative device is Orchard Heliodon produced by betanit.com, with the approval of the inventor of the Sun Emulator Heliodon.
Frederick C. Robie House, an example of Prairie School architecture. An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable and historically identifiable. A style may include such elements as form, method of construction, building materials, and regional character.
Shoebox style; Sicilian Baroque; 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 ...
Architectural style • Architecture timeline: See also. Architecture portal; Timeline of architecture; List of architectural styles; References.
An architectural style is a classification of buildings (and nonbuilding structures) based on a set of characteristics and features, including overall appearance, ...
Revivalist architectural styles — primarily classified as Historicist architecture. Revivalism evokes principles and styling from an earlier period of architectural history and traditions — of the same cultural place or from other cultures.
A skylight providing internal illumination. Daylighting is the practice of placing windows, skylights, other openings, and reflective surfaces so that direct or indirect sunlight can provide effective internal lighting.
A pattern book, or architectural pattern book, is a book of architectural designs, usually providing enough for non-architects to build structures that are copies or significant derivatives of major architect-designed works. A number of pattern books have been very influential in spreading architectural styles.