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The classical decor above the entrance of Hengrave Hall depicts the dense ornaments used in a frontispiece designed in the Early Renaissance Era. The Main Entrance of Sutton Place, Surrey shows the introduction of Renaissance ideas in English building design. The decorative elements on the façade made of moulded terracotta was a distinctive ...
These 30 beautiful staircase ideas transform your space with thoughtful decoration and design, making your staircase the centerpiece of your home.
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures. Porticos are sometimes topped with pediments.
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.
[22] [23] Unhappiness with Guimard's 1904 design for the Opéra station, [24] described in Le Figaro as having "contorted ramps" and "enormous frog-eye lamps", [25] and increasing costs led to the CMP severing its relationship with him. [5] [22] The entrance at Opéra was instead designed by Joseph-Marie Cassien-Bernard , in classical marble.
Amiens Cathedral floorplan: massive piers support the west end towers; transepts are abbreviated; seven radiating chapels form the chevet reached from the ambulatory. In Western ecclesiastical architecture, a cathedral diagram is a floor plan showing the sections of walls and piers, giving an idea of the profiles of their columns and ribbing.
Make an entrance Erect a pretzel fence; sprinkle coconut for snowy ground cover; and lay a path of pebbly candies, tiny baked gingerbread bricks for a pathway. Melt blue hard candies for an ice ...
The elevated entrance is the lowest and frequently the only way of entering a fortified building or residence. In the case of circular towers, a large opening in the main wall at ground level was a potential weakness and experts on castle design have argued that the elevated entrance served a structural as well as defensive purpose. [1]