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  2. 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.

  3. Bay (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Looking down the central aisle of the Saint Roch Parish Church of Lemery, Batangas, Philippines, the spaces between each set of columns and roof trusses are bays. An interior bay, between the supports of the vaults, in Lyon Cathedral, France. In architecture, a bay is the space

  4. Central-passage house - Wikipedia

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    Central-passage house evolved primarily in colonial Maryland and Virginia from the hall and parlor house, beginning to appear in greater numbers by about 1700. [1] [2] It partially developed as greater economic security and developing social conventions transformed the reality of the American landscape, but it was also heavily influenced by its formal architectural relatives, the Palladian and ...

  5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    In ecclesial architecture, it is also used of the area between the baluster of a Catholic church and the high altar (what is usually called the sanctuary or chancel). Peristyle A continuous porch of columns surrounding a courtyard or garden (see also Peristasis). In ecclesial architecture, the term cloister is used. Phiale

  6. Alternation of supports - Wikipedia

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    Alternation of supports is a trait of Romanesque architecture (and Early Gothic [1]), where the supports in a colonnade or arcade have different types. For example, periodic change between the strong supports and the weak ones provides visually obvious alternating supports. More subtle alternation can result, for example, from variations of the ...

  7. Flying buttress - Wikipedia

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    Arching above a side aisle roof, flying buttresses support the main vault of St. Mary's Church, in Lübeck, Germany.. The flying buttress (arc-boutant, arch buttress) is a specific form of buttress composed of a ramping arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that ...

  8. Best of Harford County 2022 - AOL

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    Here, in a hangar-sized 11,000-square-foot warehouse, are aisle after aisle of alcoholic libations and a staff of more than 20 to help refine your tastes.

  9. 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: For example, each of the following: