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A dropped ceiling is a secondary ceiling, hung below the main (structural) ceiling. It may also be referred to as a drop ceiling, T-bar ceiling, false ceiling, suspended ceiling, grid ceiling, drop in ceiling, drop out ceiling, or ceiling tiles and is a staple of modern construction and architecture in both residential and commercial applications.
The Garreteer's Petition by Turner, 1809 Carl Spitzweg, The Poor Poet (Der arme Poet), 1839, depicting a garret room Place Saint-Georges in Paris, showing top-floor garret windows A garret is a habitable attic , a living space at the top of a house or larger residential building, traditionally small with sloping ceilings.
Attic bedroom in Skógar, Iceland The Poor Poet, by Carl Spitzweg, 1839 (Neue Pinakothek) Attic in Berlin, Germany. An attic (sometimes referred to as a loft) is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building. It is also known as a sky parlor [1] or a garret.
A millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity to make rooms in stone buildings more comfortable. The panels served to insulate the room from the cold stone.
A ceiling can also be the upper limit of a tunnel. The most common type of ceiling is the dropped ceiling, [citation needed] which is suspended from structural elements above. Panels of drywall are fastened either directly to the ceiling joists or to a few layers of moisture-proof plywood which are then attached to the joists. Pipework or ducts ...
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(Reuters) -A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9, according to the U.S. Army ...
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs (lit. ' Decorative Arts '), [1] is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), [2] and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.