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2. Vestibule (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A floor plan with a modern vestibule shown in red. A vestibule (also anteroom, antechamber, air-lock entry or foyer) is a small room leading into a larger space [1] such as a lobby, entrance hall, or passage, for the purpose of waiting, withholding the larger space from view, reducing heat loss, providing storage space for outdoor clothing, etc.

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   Anthropologie’s Fern Wood Arch Wall Cabinet has three shelves and two drawers on the base of the cabinet, and its size is ideal for hanging on a bathroom wall or filling an entryway space ...

4. Tympanum (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   The late Romanesque tympanum of Vézelay Abbey, Burgundy, France, 1130s. A tympanum (pl.: tympana; from Greek and Latin words meaning "drum") is the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance, door or window, which is bounded by a lintel and an arch. [1]

5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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   A sculptural embellishment of an arch. Aisle The subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts. Ante-choir The space enclosed in a church between the outer gate or railing of the rood screen and the door of the screen. Apron 1. A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet. 2.

6. Clerestory - Wikipedia

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   The nave and aisles are separated by columns or piers, above which rises a wall pierced by clerestory windows. Malmesbury Abbey , Wiltshire , England . The nave wall is divided into three stages: the upper stage with windows is the clerestory, beneath it is the triforium, and the lowest stage is the arcade.

7. Lunette - Wikipedia

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   A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc taken from an oval. A lunette window is commonly called a half-moon window, or fanlight when bars separating its panes fan out radially. If a door is set within a round-headed arch, the space within the arch above the door, masonry or glass is a lunette.

8. Muqarnas - Wikipedia

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   This structure gives the ability to distinguish between the main parts of a building and serves as a transition from the walls of a square or rectangular room to a round dome or vault above it. [ 5 ] [ 3 ] Muqarnas could also form entire vaults and domes. [ 6 ]

9. Lintel - Wikipedia

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   Structural lintel Lintel above a door in Paris. A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented/structural item.