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The building element comprises all elements that are primarily part of the construction of a structure or building, i.e., its structural and space enclosing systems.
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Taj Mahal | Marble |
A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous...
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| Santa Maria del Fiore | Brick | ||||
| Speyer Cathedral | Copper | ||||
| King's College Chapel, Cambridge | Portland stone | Lead | |||
| Grand Palais | Glass | ||||
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Santa Maria del Fiore | Marble |
A facade or façade (pronounced /fəˈsɑːd/) is generally one side of the exterior of a building, especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face".
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A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air....
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A floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces using modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal, or any material that can hold a person's weight.
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In architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like structure, on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, from the lower Latin...
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| x Retractable roof |
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Rogers Centre | Steel |
A retractable roof is a kinetic architectural element used in many sports venues, in which a roof made of a suitable material can readily be mechanically deployed from some "retracted" or "open" position into a "closed" or "extended" position that...
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| x Hip roof | Château de Chenonceau |
A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip...
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| x Dormer |
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Château de Chenonceau |
A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and...
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| Hospices of Beaune | Glazed tile | ||||
| x Gabled Roof | Parthenon | Masonry |
A gabled roof is a roof which has two sloping surfaces meeting at the pitch, or high point, of the roof. The ends of the roof are squared off against a gabled wall.
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| Temple of Isthmia | |||||
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| Temple of Apollo at Bassae | |||||
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Monboddo House |
A Stepped gable, Crow-stepped gable, or Corbie step is a stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building. The top of the parapet wall projects above the roofline and the top of the brick or stone wall is stacked in a...
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