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  2. Outdoor fireplace - Wikipedia

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    An outdoor fireplace is a place for building fires outside of the home. Similar in construction to an indoor fireplace, an outdoor fireplace is usually added to a stone, brick, or concrete patio. It often consists of a firebox and a chimney. The firebox is typically constructed with a smoke shelve incorporated although straight firebox designs ...

  3. Fireplace - Wikipedia

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    Modern open fireplace An outdoor fireplace. A fireplace or hearth is a structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire. Fireplaces are used for the relaxing ambiance they create and for heating a room. Modern fireplaces vary in heat efficiency, depending on the design.

  4. Piton - Wikipedia

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    1960s-era pitons, including: knifeblades, lost arrows, bugaboos, ring angles, and bongs. A piton (/ ˈ p iː t ɒ n /; also called pin or peg) in big wall climbing and in aid climbing is a metal spike (usually steel) that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface using a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor for protecting the climber from falling or to assist progress in ...

  5. Fire screen - Wikipedia

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    The three-panel fire screen, which covers the fireplace almost completely, has two side panels angled away from the central panel. It is an effective way of providing decoration in a room. The horse screen, or cheval screen (cheval is the French word for horse) was in common use from the 18th century. It is a wide screen having two feet on each ...

  6. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church providing an oblique view of the altar. Stoop A small staircase ending in a platform and leading to the entrance of an apartment building or other building. Sunburst A design or figure commonly used in architectural ornaments and design patterns, including art nouveau. Syrian arch

  7. Skeuomorph - Wikipedia

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    Electric light bulbs imitating the shape of candle flames. A skeuomorph (also spelled skiamorph, / ˈ s k juː ə ˌ m ɔːr f, ˈ s k juː oʊ-/) [1] [2] is a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues (attributes) from structures that were necessary in the original. [3]

  8. Viga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In this type of construction, the vigas are the main structural members carrying the weight of the roof to the load-bearing exterior walls. The exposed beam-ends projecting from the outside of the wall are a defining characteristic of Pueblo architecture and of Spanish Colonial architecture in New Mexico, often replicated in modern Pueblo ...

  9. Millwork - Wikipedia

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    Millwork building materials include the ready-made carpentry elements usually installed in any building. Many of the specific features in a space are created using different types of architectural millwork: doors, windows, transoms, sidelights, molding, trim, stair parts, and cabinetry to name just a few.