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  2. Window shutter - Wikipedia

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    For concrete work, see Formwork. A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, centre and bottom). Set within this frame can be louvers (both operable or fixed, horizontal or vertical), solid panels, fabric, glass and almost any other item that can be mounted ...

  3. Louver - Wikipedia

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    Louver. A louver (American English) or louvre (British English; see spelling differences) is a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain and direct sunshine. The angle of the slats may be adjustable, usually in blinds and windows, or fixed.

  4. Engawa - Wikipedia

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    Engawa. A Meiji era engawa bearing a resemblance to a veranda, with people for scale. Note the slope of the ground under the engawa, and the traditional stone step. Engawa, with sliding glass doors outside, and yukimi shōji (shōji with both paper and glass panes) inside. The solid wood amado leaning up against the corner is a storm shutter ...

  5. Cupola (ISS module) - Wikipedia

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    1,880 kg (4,145 lb) Height. 1.5 m (4.9 ft) Diameter. 2.95 m (9.68 ft) The Cupola is an ESA -built observatory module of the International Space Station (ISS). Its name derives from the Italian word cupola, which means " dome ". Its seven windows are used to conduct experiments, dockings and observations of Earth.

  6. Ranch-style house - Wikipedia

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    Ranch (also known as American ranch, California ranch, rambler, or rancher) is a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States. The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout. The style fused modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period of wide open ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Jalousie window - Wikipedia

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    A jalousie window (UK: / ˈ dʒ æ l ʊ z iː /, US: / ˈ dʒ æ l ə s iː /), 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 ...

  9. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

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    Log house. A Category 5 hurricane-proof log house is resistant to winds up to 245 miles per hour (394 km/h). Wall logs in such construction must be made of glued laminated timber and all other components of the house, including hurricane straps, must be hurricane-resistant.

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