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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2014-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

A roof having more than four sides [all hipped equally so as to have a pyramidal form].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Architecture d'habitation
DEF

Toit qui, en plan, forme une figure limitée par plus de quatre lignes droites.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
  • Arquitectura de viviendas
DEF

Cubierta que, en planta, tiene figura geométrica de más de cuatro lados.

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Record 2 1999-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

Small circular or polygonal turret with windows all round, surmounting a roof or dome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Petite ouverture de plan centré en forme de lanterne, percée de fenêtres et placée au faîte d'un toit.

CONT

Le lanternon se distingue du lanterneau par son volume élancé. Le lanternon sert souvent à donner de la lumière aux parties sous le toit.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

Architectural term for a long, usually pyramidical-conical structure on top of a tower.

DEF

A tall pyramidal, polygonal, or conical structure rising from a tower, turret, or roof(usually of a church) and terminating in a point. It can be of stone, or of timber covered with shingles, or lead.

CONT

A well designed tower and spire ought to have a tolerably regular conical and compact outline from top to bottom, whether seen in direct elevation or diagonally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Aiguille : Forme architecturale dressée, obélisque, flèche ou pinacle aigu à vocation ornementale, caractéristique du style gothique.

DEF

Couverture d'un clocher ou d'un pinacle.

CONT

Les flèches gothiques sont en charpente recouverte de plomb ou en pierre. Elles sont polygonales, coniques, rhomboïdales ou hélicoïdales. Elles répondent parfaitement à l'idéal gothique!

CONT

La flèche élevée à la croisée du transept par Viollet-le-Duc en 1860 veut imiter l'ancienne flèche du XIIIe siècle démolie au XVIIIe. En chêne recouvert de plomb, elle pèse sept cent cinquante tonnes.

OBS

Aiguille de clocher : synonyme de flèche très effilée.

Key term(s)
  • aiguille de clocher

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
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