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2. Dougong - Wikipedia

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   Dougong inside the East Hall timber hall of Foguang Temple, built in 857 during the Tang dynasty Dougong brackets on an Eastern Han (25–220 CE) era architectural model of a watchtower A stone-carved relief above a cave entrance of the Yungang Grottoes (Shanxi province) showing an imitation of dougong brackets, Northern Wei dynasty (386–535 CE) Stone pillars made in imitation of wooden ...

3. Bracket (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Support Brackets: These brackets offer extra support to architectural elements like balconies and canopies. They ensure the weight is properly transferred to the main structure, preventing collapse and other damage. Corbel: This bracket sticks out from the wall, providing added support to beams, arches, and other architectural features.

4. Eaves - Wikipedia

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   Eaves overhang, shown here with a bracket system of modillions. The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural style, such as the Chinese dougong ...

5. Tokyō (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   An example of mutesaki tokyō using six brackets. Tokyō (斗栱・斗拱, more often 斗きょう) [note 1] (also called kumimono (組物) or masugumi (斗組)) is a system of supporting blocks (斗 or 大斗, masu or daito, lit. block or big block) and brackets (肘木, hijiki, lit. elbow wood) supporting the eaves of a Japanese building, usually part of a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. [1]

6. The 25 Most Popular Architectural House Styles - AOL

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   Flat roofs, large windows and open floor plans are essential to modern architecture. Simple yet polished, the modern house style puts an emphasis on materials like glass and concrete while ...

7. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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   The large interval between columns necessitates the use of a wooden architrave. Araeosystyle An architectural term applied to a colonnade, in which the intercolumniation is alternately wide and narrow. Arcade A passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns. Blind arcade or arcading: the same applied to ...