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Blind arcade, Vézelay Abbey, France A blind arcade or blank arcade [1] is an arcade (a series of arches) that has no actual openings and that is applied to the surface of a wall as a decorative element: i.e., the arches are not windows or openings but are part of the masonry face.
Norman blind arcade, Ely Cathedral. An arcade is a succession of contiguous arches, with each arch supported by a colonnade of columns or piers. Exterior arcades are designed to provide a sheltered walkway for pedestrians; they include many loggias, but here arches are not an essential element. An arcade may feature arches on both sides of the ...
Canton Viaduct is a blind arcade cavity wall in Canton, Massachusetts, built in 1834–35 for the Boston and Providence Railroad. [2]At its completion, it was the longest (615 ft [187 m]) and tallest (70 ft [21 m]) railroad viaduct in the world; today, it is the last surviving viaduct of its kind.
Blind arches in the form of a blind arcade at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Blind arches in the form of a Lombard band on a wall in Siena . Blind arches in outer walls of the Church of San Tirso, Sahagun, Spain. A blind arch is an arch found in the wall of a building that has been infilled with solid construction and so cannot ...
Blind arcade or arcading: the same applied to the wall surface. Arch A curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight. Architrave A formalized lintel, the lowest member of the classical entablature. Also the moulded frame of a door or window (often borrowing the profile of a classical architrave). Area or ...
This hollow bridge is created by combining the components of a Blind arcade with a Cavity wall. The only bridge of this type known to exist is the Canton Viaduct, however there may be two others on the Moscow-St. Petersburg Railway in Russia.
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Canton Viaduct, a blind arcade cavity wall railroad viaduct built in 1834–35 in Canton, Massachusetts is an example of modest effects of rustication in industrial architecture; the effect is pleasing, and the cost