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FLANQUE [2 records]

Record 1 2002-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Design
CONT

Cantoned building, one whose angles are decorated with columns, pilasters, rustic groins, or anything projecting beyond the naked of the wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception architecturale
DEF

Qualifie [...] toute construction ou façade dont les angles sont ornés de pilastres ou de chaînes de pierre en saillie sur le nu de la façade; [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Design
CONT

Clydebank Library, Dunbartonshire. The library has a symmetrical seven-bay neo-classical frontage with a central entrance, flanked on each side by highly decorative Ionic columns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception architecturale
DEF

Garni sur un ou plusieurs côtés d'un élément architectural.

OBS

flanquer : Disposer deux éléments symétriquement, de part et d'autre, ou aux angles d'un ensemble principal; par exemple, on peut flanquer une façade de deux tourelles : on dira alors que les tourelles flanquent la façade, ou que la façade est flanquée.

Spanish

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