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2. Oriel window - Wikipedia

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   An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. [1] Supported by corbels, brackets, or similar cantilevers, an oriel window generally projects from an upper floor, but is also sometimes used on the ground floor. Oriel windows are seen in Arab architecture in the form of ...

3. Window - Wikipedia

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   A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air.Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame [1] in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window. [2]

4. Jalousie window - Wikipedia

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   A jalousie window (UK: / ˈdʒælʊziː /, US: / ˈdʒæləsiː /), louvred window (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom), jalousie, or jalosy[1] is a window composed of parallel glass, acrylic, or wooden louvres set in a frame. The louvres are joined onto a track so that they may be tilted open and shut in ...

5. Rouen Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   Window of Saint-Julien-L'Hospitalier, depicting fish-merchants, the sponsor of the window (Bay 23) Craftsmen planning and building Rouen Cathedral, Chapel of Saint-Jean-de-la-Nef (13th c.) (Bay 53) The "Belles Verrieres" are a group of windows located in the collateral chapels on the north side of nave and in the transept, containing some of ...

6. Chicago window - Wikipedia

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   Chicago window. A Chicago window is a large fixed glass panel flanked by two narrower sashes of the same height, filling a structural bay. The large pane is a single panel of plate glass, and the flanking elements are vertical double-hung sash windows with no dividing muntins. The fenestration was first used by architect William LeBaron Jenney ...

7. Parable of the broken window - Wikipedia

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   The parable of the broken window was introduced by French economist Frédéric Bastiat in his 1850 essay "That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen" (" Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas ") to illustrate why destruction, and the money spent to recover from destruction, is not actually a net benefit to society.