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  2. Awning - Wikipedia

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    Art Nouveau awning in Nancy (France) City-house with an awning above the entrance, in Bucharest Grand Hotel with numerous awnings in Toledo, Ohio. An awning or overhang is a secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building.

  3. Overhang (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Overhang on 16th century Tomb of Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, India In architecture , an overhang is a protruding structure that may provide protection for lower levels. Overhangs on two sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns protect doors, windows, and other lower-level structures.

  4. Eaves - Wikipedia

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    Eaves overhang, shown here with a bracket system of modillions. The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural style, such as the Chinese dougong ...

  5. Porte-cochère - Wikipedia

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    An ornate 19th-century porte-cochère, at Waddesdon Manor A modern example at a hospital. A porte-cochère (/ ˌ p ɔːr t k oʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ r /; French: [pɔʁt.kɔ.ʃɛʁ]; lit. ' coach gateway '; [1] pl. porte-cochères or portes-cochères) [2] is a doorway to a building or courtyard, "often very grand," through which vehicles can enter from the street [3] or a covered porch-like structure at ...

  6. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A wing attached to a main or original house block, its axis at right angles to the original block, and often gabled. Crypt A stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics. Cryptoporticus

  7. Garrison (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    McIntire Garrison House (1707) in York, Maine, a prototype of the garrison style. The overhang in timber framing is called jettying. Olsen-Hesketh House, Blake Road, Brownfield, Maine, a contemporary garrison colonial built 1988–89. A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the ...