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  2. Accent wall - Wikipedia

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    An accent wall or feature wall is an interior wall whose design differs from that of the other walls in the room. The accent wall's color can simply be a different shade of the color of the other walls, or have a different design in terms of the color and material. [1] Accent wall offers a simple, stylish way to add colours to a room. [2]

  3. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    This page is a glossary of architecture . A flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column. A sculptural embellishment of an arch. The subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts. The space enclosed in a church between the outer gate or railing of the rood ...

  4. Edwardian architecture - Wikipedia

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    Belfast City Hall, an example of Edwardian Baroque architecture or "Wrenaissance", in Northern Ireland. Edwardian architecture usually means a Neo-Baroque architectural style that was popular for public buildings in the British Empire during the Edwardian era (1901–1910). Architecture up to 1914 is commonly included in this style.

  5. Floor plan - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure. Dimensions are usually drawn between the walls to specify room sizes and wall lengths.

  6. Insula (building) - Wikipedia

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    Insula (building) Insula. (building) Remains of the top floors of an insula near the Capitolium and the Insula dell'Ara Coeli in Rome. In Roman architecture, an insula ( Latin for "island", pl.: insulae) was one of two things: either a kind of apartment building, or a city block. [ 1][ 2][ 3] This article deals with the former definition, that ...

  7. Penthouse apartment - Wikipedia

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    A penthouse is an apartment or unit traditionally on the highest floor of an apartment building, condominium, hotel, or tower. Penthouses are typically differentiated from other apartments by luxury features. The term 'penthouse' originally referred, and sometimes still does refer, to a separate smaller 'house' that was constructed on the roof ...

  8. Architectural drawing - Wikipedia

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    An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to convince clients of the merits of a design, to assist a building ...

  9. Adding More Walls Was the Secret to This D.C. Apartment ... - AOL

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    A “1920s fantasy” gives a creative couple space to be alone together