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  2. Bay (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Gothic architecture period's Chartres Cathedral has a nave (main interior space) that is "seven bays long." Similarly in timber framing a bay is the space between posts in the transverse direction of the building and aisles run longitudinally.

  3. Aisle - Wikipedia

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    An aisle of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England.. An aisle is a linear space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, in buildings such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parliaments, courtrooms, theatres, and in long passenger vehicles.

  4. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    One of the best-known examples is the crypto-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome. In Hadrian's Villa in Rome they formed the principal private intercommunication between the several buildings. [20] Cuneus A wedge-shaped division of the Roman theatre separated by the scalae or stairways. [21] This shape also occurred in medieval ...

  5. Aisleless church - Wikipedia

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    It became the basis of modern church architecture. In Norway , the aisleless and elongated "long church" is the most common design and is regarded as the typical Norwegian church. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Norwegian long church usually includes a narthex /vestibule in a separate section, often in a somewhat lower and narrower room attached to the main ...

  6. Clerestory - Wikipedia

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    The ribbed vaulting and flying buttresses of Gothic architecture concentrated the weight and thrust of the roof, freeing wall-space for larger clerestory fenestration. Generally, in Gothic masterpieces, the clerestory is divided into bays by the vaulting shafts that continue the same tall columns that form the arcade separating the aisles from ...

  7. Choice architecture - Wikipedia

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    Choice architecture is the design of different ways in which choices can be presented to decision makers, and the impact of that presentation on decision-making. For example, each of the following: the number of choices presented [1] the manner in which attributes are described [2] the presence of a "default" [3] [4] can influence consumer choice.

  8. Triforium - Wikipedia

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    The earliest examples of triforia are those in the pagan basilicas, where a triforium constituted an upper gallery for conversation and business; [citation needed] in the early Christian basilicas such a passageway was usually reserved for women, and the same applied to those in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

  9. Wikipedia : Wikipedia for Schools/Welcome/Architectural Art

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    The domestication of plants and animals, for example, led to both new economics and a new relationship between people and the world, an increase in community size and permanence, a massive development of material culture and new social and ritual solutions to enable people to live together in these communities.