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A garden design made from patterns of mostly low elements such as plant beds and small hedges interwoven with gravel or grass paths, historically meant to be open spaces. Modern parterres are often denser and taller. Pavilion A freestanding structure near the main building or an ending structure on building wings. Pedestal (also Plinth)
Headroom refers specifically to the distance between the top of the subject's head and the top of the frame, but the term is sometimes used instead of lead room, nose room or 'looking room' [1] to include the sense of space on both sides of the image. The amount of headroom that is considered aesthetically pleasing is a dynamic quantity; it ...
Headroom (audio signal processing), the difference between the nominal signal value and the maximum undistorted value; Headroom (photographic framing), in camera work, the space between the top of the head and the upper frame limit; Headroom, an album by alt-rock musician Bleu; Headroom (Don McLean album)
With Limbo Accra, Petit-Frère takes structures suspended in interim states and explores their creative possibility in Ghana’s capital.
This design provides the advantages of a sloped roof while maximizing headroom inside the building's upper level and shortening what would otherwise be a tall roof, as well as reducing the span of each set of rafters. The name comes from the Medieval Latin word gamba, meaning horse's hock or leg.
Historically they were used in industrial and manufacturing buildings as the primary light source. Some architects think that sawtooth roofs look best when grouped in rows of three or more. [1] Sawtooth roofs allow efficient use of headroom and floor space. It is easy to install beams, columns and attractive elevations in the design of the roof.
Urban morphology is used as a method of determining transformation processes of urban fabrics by which buildings (both residential and commercial), architects, streets and monuments act as elements of a multidimensional form in a dynamic relationship where built structures shape and are shaped by the open space around them.
In the tectonics as envisioned by Bötticher, the function (defined as requirements for internal space) had driven the design: the size determined the roof technology to be used, the latter in turn mandated the support requirements, creating a structural outline of the building, architecture was an art of resolution of the conflicts between the ...