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2. Carport - Wikipedia

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   A carport is a covered structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles, primarily cars, from rain and snow. The structure can either be free standing or attached to a wall. Unlike most structures, a carport does not have four walls, and usually has one or two. Carports offer less protection than garages but allow for more ventilation.

3. Shoji - Wikipedia

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   A tatami room surrounded by paper shoji (paper outside, lattice inside). The shoji are surrounded by an engawa (porch/corridor); the engawa is surrounded by garasu-do, all-glass sliding panels. A shoji ( 障 しょう 子 じ, Japanese pronunciation: [ɕo: (d)ʑi]) is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture ...

4. List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture ...

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   A free-standing single-panel partition. Wood, or wood frame covered with cloth or paper, often painted. Feet may be integral, or a separate stand into which a fusuma-like panel can be slotted. Shown is a konmeichi (昆明池) panel, 6 shaku (181.8 cm (71.6 in)) tall; most are shorter seated-height panels. Dates from the 600s or earlier.

5. Firewall (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Firewall residential construction, separating the building into two separate residential units, and fire areasExample of a firewallused to inhibit the spread of a fire at an electrical substation. A firewallis a fire-resistant barrier used to prevent the spread of fire. Firewalls are built between or through buildings, structures, or electrical ...

6. Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Wikipedia

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   The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing ...

7. Clapboard - Wikipedia

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   Clapboard. Clapboard ( / ˈklæbərd / ), also called bevel siding, lap siding, and weatherboard, with regional variation in the definition of those terms, is wooden siding of a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping. Clapboard, in modern American usage, is a word for long, thin boards used to cover walls and (formerly ...