An anthemion is a stylized decorative form based on honeysuckle, the lobes of which point inwards (unlike a palmette).
Allendale Theatre in Buffalo, NY
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A sandwich panel is a structural panel consisting of a core of relatively light material enclosed between two sheets of a high-strength material, generally resulting in a high stiffness-to-weight ratio.
sandwich panel example
An aedicule is an architectural frame set into a wall, deployed to indicate a shrine in a sacred building, draw attention to a particular work of art or provide additional surface variegation.
Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico
Gabions are metal cages filled with dense materials such as stone, but also sand and soil. They are usually used for purely structural purposes especially in civil engineering projects, but can be found as architectural features in many modern buildings.
Dominus Winery by Herzog & De Meuron
English bond is a brick bond with alternating courses of stretchers and headers.
Diagram // English Bond Brickwork layout
A hidden-frame curtain wall is a type of glass curtain wall where the glass panes are set into a regular steel frame in a way that largely obscures the frame.
London Shard by Renzo Piano
A jib door is an internal door designed to appear coterminous with the wall surface.
Simon Upton's house by interior designer John Minshaw
Buttress is a masonry or brick structure providing lateral support to a wall.
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing. [1]
Flying Buttress // Cathedral of Milan, Italy
Flying buttresses are typical in cathedrals and consist of flying half-arches that help to carry down the thrust of the nave’s high vault or roof. Continue Reading…
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